Cliff Bartlett
R.I.P. 5/17/2021
Had a nice weeks vacation to Southern Oregon so haven't done any cooks for a while. Been following the board on my laptop/phone though. Got back in the groove yesterday with a busy day in the kitchen and outside. Several weeks ago I saw a recipe for Habanero Bacon Cheeseburgers and had to give it a go. It's from Ballistic BBQ. I love heat and this looked right up my alley. Also, I've been marinating some bottom round for three days and got that on the WSM yesterday morning as well. Haven't had any Jerky in a while. Used Kevin Taylor's recipe from this site. Did a loaf of bread, not for this cook, but for a meal my wife's making tomorrow. Finally, expecting extreme heat on the burger, I made a cucumber salad to side things up. Went a little nuts with the pictures. Here goes.
Used a four line snake for the jerky.

Got the smoker up to 170 degrees with some chunks of hickory. Added a third grate and got it loaded up. It started pouring rain as soon as I got the meat on. It rained heavily at times all day. My kind of weather.

Found these thin cut ribeyes at Walmart. Nothing great, but will work well for the burger.

In the grinder they go.


Had just under 14 ounces of burger. Wife's patty was 6 oz., mine was 8 oz.

Quick cucumber salad.

Got to work on the Habanero Sauce for the burger. My wife passed on the Habanero sauce, so I sautéed up some jalapenos for her a little later in the cook.

Hadn't looked at the jerky in five hours. Took a peek. Needs another hour.

Here are the ingredients for the habanero sauce. In addition to the peppers, I added chopped sweet onion, two cloves of garlic, AC Vinegar, granulated sugar and some salt.

Used a four line snake for the jerky.

Got the smoker up to 170 degrees with some chunks of hickory. Added a third grate and got it loaded up. It started pouring rain as soon as I got the meat on. It rained heavily at times all day. My kind of weather.

Found these thin cut ribeyes at Walmart. Nothing great, but will work well for the burger.

In the grinder they go.


Had just under 14 ounces of burger. Wife's patty was 6 oz., mine was 8 oz.

Quick cucumber salad.

Got to work on the Habanero Sauce for the burger. My wife passed on the Habanero sauce, so I sautéed up some jalapenos for her a little later in the cook.

Hadn't looked at the jerky in five hours. Took a peek. Needs another hour.

Here are the ingredients for the habanero sauce. In addition to the peppers, I added chopped sweet onion, two cloves of garlic, AC Vinegar, granulated sugar and some salt.

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