Smoked Chipotle Meatball Sandwich

[Robert-R]

Mixed by hand some ground pork, chopped bacon, chopped mint leaves, minced garlic, several eggs, salt, bread crumbs & made some meatballs.

Blended a couple cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes, several chipotles, a few tablespoons of adobo, some Mexican oregano & made a sauce.

Fired up 3/4 chimney of KBB & into the Performer with several chunks of mesquite. Cooked/ smoked the meatballs for 15 minutes or so. Temps were around 450*.

Heated the sauce.

Browned up the meatballs for a few minutes. Got the internal temps to 160*.

Added the meatballs to the sauce & let things simmer indirect for 15 - 20 minutes.

Carved a pocket in a bolillo roll, filled it with 3 meatballs, some sauce, added some shredded pepper jack. It was time to eat!

fwiw - this cook was based on a Rick Bayless recipe. I usually serve the meatballs on top of thick spaghetti. Didn't feel like cooking spaghetti noodles outside.

 

[JimK]

Chipotle meatballs? OMG, sounds great. And looks even better!

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Wow Robert, looks delicious. That sauce sounds right up my alley.

 

[Clint]

That sounds & looks great!

 

[JeffG]

I want one of those right now, great combination of flavors.

 

[Barb D]

That is one outstanding sandwich Robert. All those flavors and great pics WOW!!!!

 

[Rich Dahl]

That looks outstanding Robert! Barb take notes we're doing this one.

 

[Robert T]

Those are some outstanding flavors you made! I was expecting marinara but this was a nice touch! Also, I like the bricks in your grill. I just use some rails that hook on to the grate. Seems to me the bricks would be more effective at indirect cooking.

 

[WB Zipf]

Looks really good! I sure could use one of those right now.

 

[Robert-R]

Those are some outstanding flavors you made! I was expecting marinara but this was a nice touch! Also, I like the bricks in your grill. I just use some rails that hook on to the grate. Seems to me the bricks would be more effective at indirect cooking.

Thank you. They are firebrick leftover from an ongoing project. Before I just used regular bricks. They work well. I think I prefer the regular type of brick - they are thicker & are not prone to falling over if you bump the grill. However, you can buy thicker fire brick.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Amazing cook! Looks very tasty!

 

[Robert T]

Thank you. They are firebrick leftover from an ongoing project. Before I just used regular bricks. They work well. I think I prefer the regular type of brick - they are thicker & are not prone to falling over if you bump the grill. However, you can buy thicker fire brick.

I've got a couple of bricks I use to prop up my pizza stone for grilling pizza. I will have to give that method a try. These are not fire bricks but they don't show any signs of crumbling or anything from high heat.