Par bake bacon before wrapping shotgun shells.

[SammyJ]

Someone has a time table for temperature and time. Want to mostly cook bacon, but leave flexible enough to wrap a finger food, like shotgun shells ?

[Attjack]

You should probably just keep an eye on it.

[Skip]

SammyJ, this is what I do with bacon. SV @145 for 12 hours then Grill Indirect on the Pellet Grill @375* for 20 minutes or so until it's about have cooked. After that I freeze it and take out a few slices at a time when we want some bacon. Now it only takes a few minutes in the microwave or frying pan to crisp it up. I SV and Grill a couple pounds at a time a few times per year and we have bacon ready in just a few minutes whenever we want with no mess. This method works well for us with just 2 people in the house. I'll be wrapping stuffed dates with bacon for the Super Bowl this Sunday. I believe Serious Eats suggested the SV step which makes the bacon a little more tender. I'm sure you could skip the SV if you don't want to do it.

[fzxdoc]

Here you go:
https://food52.com/blog/22319-bacon-...for-crispiness:

"Only roast the bacon (on a rack set into a pan in the oven at 400°) until it just begins to shrink and gets slightly red, about 5 minutes, depending on the thickness."

Kathryn

[mrteddyprincess]

I buy thin bacon, stretch it long ways, and then wrap whatever with thin, stretched bacon. That will finish off crispy without having to do any pre-cooking of the bacon.

[texastweeter]

And if all else fails deep fry that bad mamajama at the end

[fzxdoc]

I'm with you. For wrapping I find the thin center cut bacon packages because the bacon is all the same length also not too long and very thin. Stretching it a bit when it's warmed up from the fridge is a great tip too.

Sometimes when I layer that thin stretched bacon on top of meatloaf for the relatively short cook, I still have to slide it under the broiler for a couple of minutes before serving, since I don't parbake it in the beginning in that instance.

Kathryn

[bbqLuv]

(4) Smoked Shotgun Shells - YouTube -- I saw this a while back, about 5 months. Looks interesting. It does not appear that par-baking bacon is really needed.

(4) Maple Bacon Crack - YouTube --This is for the game--SWMBO approved.