Smoked mac and cheese

Firemunkee · November 27, 2017, 06:18:24 AM

First time making mac and cheese, let alone doing it on the grill. I followed Malcom Reed's recipe. The recipe didn't specify how much wood to use for smoke. The video says he used a pellet grill with pecan pellets. I searched the comments and Malcom recommended 2-3 chunks of wood so be I went with 2 chunks of pecan. Overall it was more smokey tasting and not enough cheesy tasting than I would have liked. Next time I'll try just one chunk. I will also didn't cover it at all so next time I'll cover it partway through so it doesn't get so dark. The final product also wasn't as creamy as I would like but eating it several hours after taking it off the grill might have had something to do with that? All in all it was a good experience and fun to cook a non-meat thing on the kettle.

All mixed up

Topped and about to go in the grill. Next time I also should mix the bacon and panko so the topping is more consistent.

One hour later

mhiszem · November 27, 2017, 06:31:03 AM

Looks amazing!

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TheKevman · November 27, 2017, 06:15:20 PM

Thanks for the advice and for sharing what you'd do differently next time. I've got to try this! Yours looks great!

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Vette10R · November 28, 2017, 06:04:57 AM

Wow that looks great, I might have to give that a shot! Where did you find the recipe?

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Firemunkee · November 28, 2017, 06:26:53 AM

Quote from: Vette10R on November 28, 2017, 06:04:57 AM
Wow that looks great, I might have to give that a shot! Where did you find the recipe?

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Ask and ye shall receive!

http://howtobbqright.com/tag/smoked-mac-and-cheese-recipe/

If you end up making it I would be interested to see how yours turns out. It would give me more data points on what I might need to adjust.

Vette10R · November 28, 2017, 07:52:12 AM

Thanks, I'll update here when I make it.

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Vette10R · November 30, 2017, 02:59:32 PM

So I made it exactly how the recipe said and it turned out great! I used one piece of apple wood for smoke, all I have is apple wood. I did one piece because that's what you recommended. It was good and you could taste the smoke in the crust, you could tell it was made on a grill which the wife and I really enjoyed.

Next time I might add another piece off wood and and see how I like it. I didn't mix the Mac up like you did so when you take a scoop you got a piece of crust with the smoke flavor and a scoop of Mac with less smoke so it was a nice mix.

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Harleysmoker · November 30, 2017, 07:53:44 PM

Looks good! I have this on my list but haven't got around to trying it.

Firemunkee · November 30, 2017, 08:17:21 PM

Quote from: Vette10R on November 30, 2017, 02:59:32 PM
So I made it exactly how the recipe said and it turned out great! I used one piece of apple wood for smoke, all I have is apple wood. I did one piece because that's what you recommended. It was good and you could taste the smoke in the crust, you could tell it was made on a grill which the wife and I really enjoyed.

Next time I might add another piece off wood and and see how I like it. I didn't mix the Mac up like you did so when you take a scoop you got a piece of crust with the smoke flavor and a scoop of Mac with less smoke so it was a nice mix.

Thanks for sharing your results! I actually didn't mix the mac up either. The crust definitely had the most smoke flavor, too much I would dare say. The mac itself I thought had the right amount of smoke. Looking forward to hear about your next iteration.

Vette10R · December 01, 2017, 09:19:06 AM

Quote from: Firemunkee on November 30, 2017, 08:17:21 PM
Quote from: Vette10R on November 30, 2017, 02:59:32 PM
So I made it exactly how the recipe said and it turned out great! I used one piece of apple wood for smoke, all I have is apple wood. I did one piece because that's what you recommended. It was good and you could taste the smoke in the crust, you could tell it was made on a grill which the wife and I really enjoyed.

Next time I might add another piece off wood and and see how I like it. I didn't mix the Mac up like you did so when you take a scoop you got a piece of crust with the smoke flavor and a scoop of Mac with less smoke so it was a nice mix.

Thanks for sharing your results! I actually didn't mix the mac up either. The crust definitely had the most smoke flavor, too much I would dare say. The mac itself I thought had the right amount of smoke. Looking forward to hear about your next iteration.

I bet it has to do with pecan vs apple, apple is a little lighter and I only used the 1 piece...

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Firemunkee · December 01, 2017, 11:15:57 AM

That's a good point. When I got my little it came with a bunch of hickory chunks so that's all I knew and only recently picked up other wood. Apple is on my list to try.

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Lumpy Coal · December 06, 2017, 01:58:50 AM

Nice! Will have to try.

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