College football may have officially started last week but for me Football season doesn’t really start until the Rocky Mountain Showdown [especially since then I can pretend CSU’s brutal beating to Hawaii didn’t happen].
Tailgating at the Showdown was always one of my favorite things in college and now that I’m an Alumni I love going to the game because it doesn’t require a drive up to Fort Collins.
I shared my favorite breakfast tailgate recipe last week, Tailgate Breakfast Tacos, and today I’m cooking up BBQ Bacon Burgers on the Discada for lunch. Burgers are a tailgate staple but using the discada allows you to punch the dish up a level by frying bacon, sautéing onions and toasting the buns. It’s a classy way to tailgate!
Discada’s are made from a recycled plow disk and welded in the center so they can act similar to a wok when placed on top of a burner stand. I’m using the 22″ Discada and 12″ burner stand from Carolina Cooker. This set up is big enough to cook 10 – 12 burgers at a time.
This is another recipe I wrote before starting Whole30 😉
BBQ Bacon Burgers
Everyone loves burgers when they are tailgating and this recipe elevates you from tailgating rookie to tailgate graduate student.
You’ll want to mix up your patties before you head to the game. You can make them up the night before and store in a ziplock baggy with waxed paper in between each one.
For 1lb of ground beef I used 1/4 cup of Carolina Cooker’s Sweet with a Little Heat BBQ Sauce. After that I mixed in 1/2 an onion and 2 chopped Anaheim peppers. This will make 4 burgers and you can easily multiple the recipe for the number of people you plan to visit your tailgate.
Once the burgers are shaped its time to head outside to heat up the discada. I used a medium high heat for the bacon and allowed it to cook for 10 minutes. As soon as the bacon was finished I added the burgers to the already hot pan.
Burgers should cook for 5-10 mins or until the center temperture reaches 160 degrees. If you want to add additional toppings the leftover grease is perfect for sautéing onions and you can toast your buns around the outside edge of the discada.
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Disclaimer: I received a product sample from Carolina Cooker to inspire this post. All content, opinions and thoughts are my own.
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