Smoked Bacon

This Smoked Bacon recipe is perfect for your Traeger or other pellet grill. It is incredibly quick, easy, and so delicious! Every slice of bacon is packed with a wonderful smokey flavor that makes it a great addition to breakfast or your favorite bacon containing recipe!

Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free

Cook Time 40

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 315kcal

Author Emilee Mason

Equipment

Traeger or other pellet smoker

Ingredients

1 lb uncured bacon

Instructions

Preheat the Traeger, or other pellet smoker, to 200F. Once hot, place the sliced bacon directly on the grates of the grill.
Close the lid and allow the bacon to cook for 15 minutes.
Increase the temperature to 350F, flip the bacon slices and continue to cook for another 20-30 minutes or until the bacon is done and crispy to your liking. - The cooking time may vary greatly based on the thickness of the bacon, as well as your favorite level of doneness so be sure to keep an eye on it!
If desired, Remove the bacon from the grill and place on a cooling rack (or plate lined with paper towels) to absorb any excess grease. Enjoy!

Notes

Ingredient Notes

Uncured Bacon - I always recommend uncured bacon and for this recipe I like to use a thick cut as well.
- Uncured Bacon is fairly easy to find and simply means the bacon was not cured using synthetic nitrates and nitrites or other preservatives.
Nature’s Rancher is one of my favorite uncured bacon brands to use for this recipe. You can also get uncured, Whole30 compatible bacon from Butcherbox (link in post).

Smoking Suggestions

You can cook the bacon at a lower or higher temperature as desired.
- The lower the temperature, the more smokey flavor you will get though you will have to increase the cooking time.
- The higher the temperature, the more mild the smokey flavor will be and the bacon will cook more quickly.
Hickory and apple wood pellets are great options for this recipe. We like to use a blend of them both for many of our recipes.
While this recipe calls for 1 lb of bacon, if desired, you can use as much bacon as will fit onto your smoker without overcrowding the bacon slices.
While it of course won’t be smoked bacon, you can easily and quickly make bacon in the oven as well. See this Oven Bacon post for more info.

Storage Notes

Bacon is best consumed immediately, however, cooked bacon can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can reheat it in the microwave or on a skillet.

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