A delicious recipe featuring a blend of ground beef and pork mixed with cheese and wrapped in bacon, then smoked to perfection for an enhanced flavor experience.
1: Mix together a 50-50 blend of ground beef and pork.
2: Add 1/2 cup of shredded cheese and 8 oz of softened cream cheese.
3: Season the mixture with salt, pepper, and garlic.
4: Stuff the manicotti noodles with the mixture.
5: Wrap the stuffed noodles in thin cut bacon.
6: Season with BBQ rub and place them into your fridge for 6-8 hours to soften the noodle, or par boil the noodles first and skip the fridge step.
7: Smoke at 250 degrees for 90 minutes.
8: Brush on BBQ sauce and turn the heat up to 300 degrees.
9: Pull them off after another 10-15 minutes.
