Pumpkin Pie Smoker Recipe

Try this pumpkin pie smoker recipe, and you’ll never want to bake dessert in your oven again! Using Apple Mash Cookinpellets adds a touch of sweetness and a hint of apple to your dessert.

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Apple Rose Puff Pastries

This amazing and gorgeous Apple Rose Puff Pastry is baked in the pellet grill rather than in the oven! Pellet grilling items you normally bake is easy, since a pellet grill functions as a convection oven.  The slightly smoky BBQ flavor from the Apple Mash pellets complements this dish perfectly!

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Smoked Beef Tongue

Using the pellet grill to give some great flavor and texture to Beef Tongue is easy and delicious. It’s the perfect flavor with 100% Hickory Cookinpellets!

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5 Delicious Pellet Grill Appetizer Recipes

If you’re dreaming of spring BBQ season, we are right there with you! Spending time outside with family, relaxing in the sunshine, pellet grilling, and then eating great food! Perfection. It’s best to have some awesome appetizer smoker recipes in your grilling repertoire. Appetizers are usually a quick smoke, can be prepped ahead of time…

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Smoked Honey Feta Cheese

Try this comforting, flavorful smoked cheese for a delicious, easy appetizer or light supper.  This recipe is from Wisconsincheese.com, with a special flair added by smoking on the pellet grill with Cookinpellets Black Cherry Hardwood Pellets.

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How To Make Jerky In A Pellet Smoker

Pellet smokers are extremely versatile, and their low temperature settings and constant airflow allow them to function just like dehydrators. That means they are perfect for jerky, with natural smoke flavor from pellets being an added bonus. This article will describe each step of the jerky-making process in detail and finish off with a basic…

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Get Ready for Winter Pellet Grilling!

Not a fan of winter? How about if you can keep up your favorite hobby – pellet grilling – through the coldest of weather? Winter pellet grilling takes a little more prep during the not so cold season, but if you do it now you’ll be good to grill through spring.  Follow this list of…

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10 Best Smoker Recipes

This collection of our favorite smoker recipes will have you running to your pellet grill! Tried and true recipes for delicious barbecue meat, ribs, main dishes, and even our favorite crispy skin chicken wings recipe. Of course, the best smoker recipes are anything using Cookinpellets, but we share our most popular BBQ recipes for pellet…

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Best Boston Butt Recipe

Pellet grill a boston butt low and slow for the juiciest, tastiest BBQ you have ever had. No need for BBQ sauce, the flavor is all in the meat! Thanks Trey Edwards for sharing your recipe.

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Smoked Whole Chicken

This delicious BBQ chicken recipe all starts with a brine and a spatchcocked whole chicken.  It is so easy, yet so delicious and versatile!

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Smoked Cajun Shrimp and Asparagus

Pellet grilling this simple, healthy meal is a quick way to get an amazing dinner on the table! This quick smoke will become a new favorite! Check out this great recipe courtesy of Mary Jadin.

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Smoke ’em

Sweet and sour, with a touch of smoke from the Mezcal. You need to mix these up at your next BBQ! Recipe courtesy of Dona Vega Mezcal

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Fiery Fieri

This refreshing and unique cocktail pairs perfectly with your pellet grilling creations! Recipe and photo courtesy of Santo Tequila.

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Smoked Bacon Shrimp

Make something different for dinner tonight! Bacon wrapped shrimp quickly smoked on the pellet grill is an amazingly easy dinner!

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Perfect Pork Roast

Looking for the best basic pork roast recipe? This is our favorite preparation method for a dinner sized pork roast.  Pork roast recipes don’t get any easier than this, and it turns out perfect every time!

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Lightly Smoked Cod

This delicious smoked fish recipe will be a winner for a quick dinner on the pellet grill! The technique we use gives the fish a crispy outside, without overcooking the delicate fish.  This is a quick and yummy dinner recipe.

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5 Tips for Making the Best Beef Brisket

Smoked Brisket is a BBQ favorite! If you are trying to perfect your version of this traditional BBQ recipe, look no further.  These tips for pellet grilling brisket will give you the juiciest, most flavorful brisket you’ve ever had.  Choose one to add to your normal pellet grill recipe, or combine a few ideas for…

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BBQ Competition

COOKINPELLETS.COM VIRTUAL BBQ COMPETITION YOU’RE LOCKED IN, LETS HAVE SOME FUN!! Start Day: Friday, March 20th, 2020  End Day: Sunday, March 29th, 2020 giving you all time to get onboard! Details: WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LIVE ON OUR 5th PODCAST AT:  https://cookinpellets.com/podcast/ and then the next day on all of our social media platforms. Sorry,…

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Five More Unique Foods to Pellet Grill

It’s so fun to talk about all of the amazing things you can do with your pellet grill! Pellet grilling unique foods for delicious results is a really fun way to showcase the smoky BBQ flavors in nontraditional pellet grill foods. Salt Smoked Salt is a trending item right now! Don’t spend the big bucks…

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Unusual (but delicious!) Foods to Pellet Grill

When people think of their favorite pellet grill recipes and BBQ foods, typically they think of meat.  That juicy beef brisket, tasty ribs, or pulled pork that you wouldn’t imagine cooking any other way than pellet grilling.  After many years of pellet grilling and lots of experimenting, we have found that using the pellet grill…

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Seven Amazing Facts About Pellet Grilling

We love pellet grilling for a variety of reasons, and are always learning new techniques and tips for using our pellet grills.  Whether you are a beginner pellet grill user or are a die-hard pellet grill aficionado, there is always more to learn! Here are 7 fun tips and facts about what your pellet grill…

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How to Get Ready for Winter Pellet Grilling

The weather has been getting cooler here in Wisconsin, and it’s time to admit that winter really is coming! Not to worry, pellet grilling is something you can do year round, even here in the Wisconsin tundra.  Before the temperatures get uncomfortably cold, there are a few things you can do to set yourself up…

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Best Pellet Grilled Chicken Wings

These crispy chicken wings make an incredible appetizer, or for a main dinner course served with your favorite sides.  Parboiling renders the fat from the wings and softens the connective tissue.  The results are tender chicken wings with crispy skin – perfect!

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How To Get Crispy Chicken Skin On Your Pellet Grill

The best part of eating bone in chicken is the crispy skin, right? The tender, smoky chicken that comes off of the pellet grill is always delicious, but if you aren’t intentional about it, you won’t get the crispy skin that everyone loves.  Here are two tried and true methods for crispy chicken skin! They…

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Cookinpellets Favorite Flavor Combinations

One of our favorite questions we get is, “Which Cookinpellets hardwood pellets flavors do YOU use for your favorite recipes?”  We love to talk about Cookinpellets, and we love to talk about food – this is a fun question to answer, and there are a few favorites that keep coming up.  Check out these tips,…

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How To Reverse-Sear a Steak on your Pellet Grill

If you’ve struggled with getting your steaks perfect or just want to take your grilling game to the next level, try reverse-searing at your next barbecue. This technique is almost universally agreed upon as the best way to cook steaks. It takes a little extra effort and time, but the results are 100% worth it.…

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Ten Tips for Maintaining Your Pellet Grill

Summer is officially here! As we enter into prime pellet grilling season, we have tips for keeping your grill in great shape for many seasons to come. This guide to thoroughly cleaning your pellet grill of any brand will keep it running efficiently and effectively! Start with a cold grill, and give it a deep…

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The Perfect Tomahawk Steak

This Tomahawk Steak is the most mouthwatering, delicious steak with an incredible presentation. It is prime rib with an extra long bone, so treat it as such when you season it just right and cook it to perfection on the pellet grill

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Father’s Day BBQ Ideas

Are you in full summer celebration mode yet? It’s almost Father’s Day, and whether you are celebrating with your dad or with your own children, Father’s Day calls for a BBQ! Relaxing outside with family and cooking all the favorite foods is a great way to celebrate all the dads. Breakfast Ideas This Father’s Day,…

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4 Tips and Ideas for your Memorial Day BBQ

We have finally arrived at SPRING!!  With spring comes warmer temperatures and later sunsets, which obviously means one thing… more pellet grilling! Get your pellets and new recipes ready! It’s time to start planning your Memorial Day BBQ.  Memorial Day is a day of reverence and gratitude for every American, and it’s often marked by…

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Lamb and Ham on the Pellet Grill

Spring is finally here! Even though you can pellet grill during all seasons, most of us do more pellet grilling when it’s warmer outside. With Easter coming up, it’s the perfect time to showcase what your pellet grill can do for some traditional Easter foods – lamb and ham! Boneless Leg of Lamb Lamb has…

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Four Ways to Use A Pellet Grill for Cocktails

Rich, smoky flavors and aromas are currently quite popular in the culinary world.  For the same reason you love the bbq smoke flavor on your meats and side dishes, you’ll enjoy it in your evening cocktail.  The pre-dinner cocktail is all about the sensory experience, and making drinks using your pellet grill will only add…

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6 Tips for a Holiday Meal on the Pellet Grill

Holiday meals are a time to gather family, friends, and showcase your favorite recipes. If you love pellet grilling and the bbq flavors that come along with it, it is easy to incorporate them into your Christmas or New Years dinner! As with any holiday meal, planning your menu and timing of recipes is key.…

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