See how to smoke bacon on the Traeger Pellet Grill. Smoked bacon slices are a fast smoker recipe and great for breakfast or as a topping for smoked burgers. Let’s make it…
Which wood pellets do you use to smoke bacon?
We love Traeger Hickory Pellets or Applewood for bacon on the smoker. It has a stronger flavor than something like Traeger Cherry Wood Pellets. Lighter flavored pellets are better for lighter foods, like smoked scallops or smoked shrimp.
Does this recipe for smoked bacon hit the bacon grease smoke point?
No – that’s at 400 degrees F, this bacon is smoked at 300 degrees F.
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make homemade bacon smoked to perfection.
- Pack of bacon strips (grocery store bacon is fine).
- Olive oil to grease the grates (the wire rack) so the bacon doesn’t stick.
- OPTIONAL – Want to change it up a little? Add a sprinkle of brown sugar for candied bacon.
How to smoke bacon on the pellet grill
Now I’ll walk you through it…
See how to griddle bacon on the Traeger Flatrock and how cook Blackstone bacon…
Detailed step-by-step
- Preheat Traeger Grills or Pit Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 300 degrees F. I’ve found this is the best temperature for making bacon so it’s crisp, full of smoky flavor, and cooks quickly. At this time, spray or brush grill grates with oil so the bacon doesn’t stick when cooking. You’ll cook it directly on smoker grates.
- Prep bacon for smoking. Remove from packaging – yup, that’s it! Pretty simple.
- Smoke bacon at 300 degrees F. Place bacon directly on greased grill grates and let them cook for 20-30 minutes, until they are done to your desired level of crispy-ness and internal temperature. (I do NOT find the need to flip bacon halfway through, but often pieces are done faster / slower based on their placement in the grill.)
- Remove bacon and enjoy. NOTE – I usually find it cools within a few minutes and is ready to eat quickly. You can cool it on a paper towel lined plate if desired, or a cooling rack, but I don’t find smoked bacon to be overly greasy because the grease drips off while smoking.
Top smoked burgers, a side of smoked mac and cheese, or smoked baked potatoes with your smoky bacon.
Or make something like a double smoked bacon Starbucks copycat breakfast with my perfect scrambled eggs recipe.
Favorite smoker recipes with bacon
These are great dishes with smoked bacon IN them, or ON them…
- Smoked mac and cheese with bacon topping
- Onion rings wrapped in bacon on the smoker
- Smoked bacon wrapped meatloaf
- Smoked bacon wrapped pork tenderloin
- Jalapeno poppers smoked wrapped with bacon
- Smoked mashed potatoes
- Smoked baked potatoes
- Smoked burger
- “Juicy Lucy” smoked bacon wrapped burgers
- Smoked bacon
- Traeger smoked pork belly burnt ends
Start your day with a BBQ breakfast with this smoked breakfast fatty and smoked French toast casserole…
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Pro tip: One of my go-to tricks for perfectly cooked food every time is using the right BBQ meat thermometers.
Pro tip: One of my go-to tricks for perfectly cooked food every time is using the right BBQ meat thermometers.
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Traeger Smoked Bacon Slices Recipe | Sip Bite Go
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Ingredients
- 12 oz bacon strips
- 2 tsp olive oil for greasing grill grates
Instructions
- Preheat Traeger Grills or Pit Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 300 degrees F. I’ve found this is the best temperature to smoke bacon so it’s crisp, full of smoky flavor, and cooks quickly. At this time, spray or brush grill grates with oil so the bacon doesn’t stick when cooking. You’ll cook bacon directly on smoker grates.
- Prep bacon for smoking. Remove from packaging – yup, that’s it! Pretty simple.
- Smoke bacon at 300 degrees F. Place bacon directly on greased grill grates and smoked for 20-30 minutes, until it’s done to your desired level of crispy-ness and internal temperature. (I do NOT find the need to flip bacon halfway through, but often pieces are done faster / slower based on their placement in the grill.) WARNING – I find smoking bacon leads to the pellet grill dripping grease so you might want to keep an eye on it, and below your smoker if you’re using a Traeger. In my experience, it often drips bacon grease between the two front wheels so I’ve personally gotten used to sticking an extra grill liner / foil down there to catch it.
- Remove smoked bacon and enjoy. NOTE – I usually find it cools within a few minutes and is ready to eat quickly. You can cool it on a paper towel lined plate if desired, or a cooling rack, but I don’t find smoked bacon to be overly greasy because the bacon grease drips off while smoking.
Notes
Watch the full-length YouTube recipe video for Traeger smoked bacon on Sip Bite Go’s YouTube channel.
Aiden says
Doesn’t cook in 30 minutes.
Steve M. says
Agreed, it’s a little longer than 30 minutes! Also that Traeger dripping grease has to be from your bacon being outside the width of the drip pan. Be sure to NOT place any bacon outside that drip pan width. If you do that grease will get underneath the bottom heat shield in between it and the bottom barrel. If this does occur make sure you remove that bottom shield flashing and clean all that grease out from the bottom of the barrel and underneath the fire pot and auger housing! Not doing so can cause a very dangerous fire.