Bacon wrapped hot dogs

[LBC LazyQ]

The dogs were a big hit again and everyone got a chance to taste them as we had them on Friday.  I ended up hiding 11 of them so I would have a few to take home to the family.  This was my second time with the hot dogs and learned a bit about making them better.  In a post above ibbones tried them and they did not come out awesome and I was trying to figure out what was different, besides personal taste.

I found the original recipe and it says to smoke the dogs 2-3 hours, but recommends 3 hours to allow more time for the bacon to cook.  I put Baby Rays bbq sauce on the dogs after 2 1/2 hours and then cook for an additional 30 minutes.  I skimped a little on the bbq sauce on the first 48 dogs and had the heat at 250 to get them done faster and they came out a little dry.  I lathered up the second set with more sauce and turned the temp back to the recommended 240 and they came out awesome again.

So for me, it's go the full 3 hours at 240 and don't skimp on the sauce at 2 1/2 hours.

I am very thankful for my wife's help.  I would never have the patience to crank out 96 of these for anyone.  We were driving home last evening and she said her hands still had a yellow tinge from the mustard.

[DivotMaker]

We were driving home last evening and she said her hands still had a yellow tinge from the mustard.

Sounds like a great success!  Surprise your invaluable prep-cook with a box of nitrile exam gloves!  She will never again have hands stained with mustard or rub!  I use them on every meat prep.

[40 caliber]

ok this is an awesome idea. i am off all this week and will try it.
so it is that simple?

mustard binder, wrap bacon over hot dog, add favorite pork rub,, cook then eat?

anything i am missing?

also how does one add cheddar? do you just put it on the dog before wrapping or is there some way to inject it? or is there a cheddar filled dog? i honestly dont care for hot dogs that much but  this may change my mind!

what wood do you suggest? hickory? maple? other

[40 caliber]

OK, you guys, I'm in..  I am on vacation this week and in smoker heaven. I have already smoked chicken wings (again, see my other post) and bought a pork butt and sirloin roast for later in the week.  but right now i am catching up on smoked bacon wrapped dogs. they just went in the smoker with cherry wood.  I have bad byron's butt rub on half and  killer hoggs on the other. byron is quite salty. killer hoggs sweet. I'll see you  in 3 hours with the results

[40 caliber]

wow that was an epic fail. I couldnt even bring myself to take pics. These dogs and bacon were ready to be carbon dated. They were black and so burnt it was terrible. I thought 240 for  3 hours seemed like too long but i went with it. i have trained myself not to check this smoker except for box temp  and internal temp.

Granted i didn't do 48 dogs i only did 16 but the 3D stayed right on temp as required.  Anyway, not sure where the mix up was. I am not big on bacon or dogs (The heresy!!) so i probably wont try it again. I think i could have been there in 2 hours or less. I get the recipe said 2-3 but how to know?

[Pork Belly]

Bacon wrapped hot dogs need to be deep fried, they will turn out great.

[DivotMaker]

Bacon wrapped hot dogs need to be deep fried, they will turn out great.

Oh yeah!!  I never have bacon-wrapped them, but deep-fried dogs are incredible!  If folks haven't tried these, they need to!