Smoked Macaroni and Cheese

Greetings .

Welcome back to the comma Joe cooking channel .

I'm John Setzler .

And today we're going to do a world famous dish .

Well , it's not world famous , it's famous in my world .

This is one that people ask for when I'm cooking .

So today we're gonna put together some smoked macaroni and cheese .

This is a really wonderful dish .

The smoke adds a fantastic flavor to it .

I'm gonna give you my recipe as we cook .

But if you have your own favorite macaroni and cheese recipe , you can use your own on this as well .

Just as long as you cook it on the tomato grill with a little bit of smoke .

So let's get started .

I brought some water to a boil and we're gonna put about 2.5 cups of uncooked large elbow macaroni noodles in the water .

And we're gonna cook those uh per the instructions on the box .

I've put a dash of salt in this water as well .

We're gonna cook these and then drain them off .

Ok ?

I've drained my macaroni and now we're gonna add the rest of the ingredients .

I've got one and one quarter cup of milk and next , we've got two beaten eggs .

We're gonna add just a dash of salt , one half teaspoon of chipotle powder , uh , one half stick of melted butter .

I've got four strips of bacon that I've cooked and crumbled .

And then we're gonna add two cups of shredded cheddar cheese .

And we're gonna give that all , give that a really good mix here .

And then we're gonna add just a couple of shakes of shredded mozzarella .

I mean , I'm sorry , shredded Parmesan cheese to this and stir that in .

And the next thing we'll do is put this in our baking dish .

OK ?

I've got my baking dish here and this dish has been lightly greased .

Also , we're gonna put our macaroni mixture right here in the dish and spread it out kind of even .

And then we are gonna top that with another two cups of uh shredded sharp cheddar .

Well , on this dish , we're not gonna get quite two cups of this .

So we're gonna just hold it right there and then I'm gonna finish it off by shaking just a little bit more of the grated Parmesan on top of that .

And then we're gonna hit it with a little fresh ground black pepper .

And while I've been doing all this , I've got the tomato Joe Classic warming up outside .

We're gonna start this off at 3 50 .

So I'll meet you at the grill , got the Big Joe or the actually the Classic Joe warmed up to 350 degrees .

Got a little peach wood smoke going .

So I'm gonna set this , uh , macaroni and cheese right here in the middle .

We're gonna cook about 30 minutes or so at 3 50 probably about 25 minutes into this cook .

We're gonna ramp the tent up to 400 to finish it off for a total cook of about 45 minutes .

So we'll be back to have a look at this when it's done .

Well , our macaroni and cheese is done .

So let's uh have a glance at this .

Oh , look at that .

Nice and golden brown on top , bubbling all the way around .

So we're gonna take this back inside .

We're gonna let it cool a bit and then we'll be back to have a taste of it and while I'm thinking about it , uh don't forget to subscribe to our channel here .

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So let's cool this off and we'll have a taste .

Alrighty folks , I've let this stuff cool down a little bit .

Here's my favorite part .

We're gonna have a little taste of this and it smells outstanding .

Hm .

Wow .

It has just a beautiful , beautiful smoky flavor .

This is the first time I've used peach wood on this .

I typically use apple , but the peach has done very well here also .

Hm .

It's delicious , delicious , as we say around here .

So I think that's gonna wrap it up for tonight .

So until next time Tomato Joe Cooking Channel .