Smoked Bacon Wrapped Burgers Stuffed With Cheese Recipe | Sip Bite Go
These Traeger smoked bacon wrapped burgers are a show stopper at the dinner table. With a little prep work, these cheese stuffed smoked burgers are ready to cook. You’ll certainly impress your eaters with this Sip Bite Go smoked juicy burger! | sipbitego.com
2lbsground beef80/20 preferred for juicy burgers, or use premade
¾tspsalt
½tsppepper
2slicescheddar cheesecut in quarters, or use shredded cheddar
16slicesbacon4 slices per burger
4burger buns
Instructions
Preheat Traeger Grills or Pitt Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 250 degrees F.(you can also use a smoke temp of 225 degrees F as seen in the original Sip Bite Go smoked burger recipe, they’ll just take a bit longer and the bacon won’t crisp as much).
Mix beef for patties. To a large bowl, add ground beef, salt, and pepper. Loosely mix together. Divide seasoned burger meat into half pound portions (4x 8oz burgers). You can do this with your eyes, or measure them with a kitchen scale.
Stuff cheese in burgers. For each patty, you’ll form two smaller patties: a top and a bottom. Before joining them together, stick cheddar cheese in the middle. Then gently add the top layer of burger patty and form a ½ inch thick burger. Set aside or in the fridge to keep them cool. Repeat for all burgers.
Arrange bacon for wrapping smoked burgers. My favorite method is to make a bacon weave. To do this, lay 4 pieces of bacon down on a flat surface, and weave them, overlapping them like a basket weave. Place the cheese stuffed burger patties on top. Fold over the extra ends of the bacon towards the middle and stick 2 toothpicks in the top to secure the bacon.
Add the bacon wrapped burger patties to the smoker. To do this, leave the weave on the bottom and the toothpicks on the top.
Smoke bacon wrapped burgers with cheddar cheese at 250 degrees F for about 60-90 minutes, until an internal read thermometer reads 140 degrees F for a medium done burger temp.
(Optional) Toast buns by adding them to the smoker about 5-10 degrees prior to your ideal bacon wrapped smoked burger done temperature. Take the smoked buns off the grill when done to your desired level of toasted-ness.
Rest smoked Juicy Lucy burgers to help the beef juice settle (about 10 minutes if you can wait that long!).
Finish smoked bacon wrapped stuffed burgers with your favorite condiments in hamburger buns and enjoy.