  
Don’t worry, this is a legal way of smoking a fatty. A smoked fatty is just a sausage log that is smoked, basically the bacon explosion without the bacon. There are many ways to smoked a BBQ fatty, the simplest is to just buy a sausage log, such as Jimmy Dean or Bob Evans sausage, toss it on the grill or smoker, and cook till done. You can get more elaborate and mix sausage with a bunch of other ingredients and form back into a sausage log. The key to creating a smoked fatty is to make the use of smoke and cooking it at a low temperature that is around 225 to 250 degrees until you get an internal temperature of around 160 degrees. For mine I used a combination of mild and hot Italian sausage mixed with a bunch of garlic and diced red onions and it was absolutely fabulous.
Ingredients:
- 12 ounces mild Italian sausage
- 12 ounces hot Italian sausage
- 1/2 cup diced red onion
- 4 cloves garlic diced
- Favorite BBQ Rub, optional (Mine)
- BBQ Sauce, optional
- Favorite smoking wood (I used cherry this time)
Instructions:
- Combined the sausage, red onion, a garlic and mix well
- Form into a sausage log
- Coat with BBQ rub
- Prepare the grill/smoker for indirect heat at a temperature around 225 to 250 degrees
- Place in grill or smoker and cooking until the internal temperature of around 160 is reached
- Remove from grill
- Coat with BBQ sauce (optional)
- Wrap in aluminum foil and let sit for at least 30 minutes to 1 hour
- Slice and serve
Results:
This is a very simple, but definitely is great eating. You can slice and serve by itself or do what I like, place on a biscuit with a a couple pieces of bacon and some BBQ sauce. You can even add a fried egg and have BBQ for breakfast.
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