Wondering how to cook bacon on a Traeger? Whether you’re making smoked bacon or cooking it at a high temp, this post walks you through three different methods, listing the pros and cons and what you need to consider. Each way is super easy, it just depends on how much time you have and how you like your bacon. Traeger bacon is delicious any way you go about it!
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Bacon is essentially meat candy, which is probably why my family gobbles it up every time I cook it. Whether it’s for bacon fried rice, in some potato corn chowder with bacon, or ground up in these smoked turkey meatballs, we are big bacon fans.
Sometimes it’s too hot to cook bacon in the oven or on the stove though. Which is when you can turn to your Traeger.
The great thing about a Traeger (or really any wood pellet grill) is that it can act as a smoker, a grill, or an oven. When cooking bacon, you can either make smoked bacon by cooking it at a lower temperature, or you can make it a more traditional way by cooking it at a higher temperature.
Ingredients
- Bacon – yes, this is the only ingredient you need! You can use a thinner or thicker cut when cooking it on a Traeger grill, though in my opinion a thicker cut works better. My family’s preferred bacon is Hempler’s No Sugar bacon, which we get from Costco.
How to cook bacon on a Traeger
There are a few different ways to cook bacon on a Traeger:
- Smoke the bacon at a low temperature, placing it directly on the grill grates;
- Cook the bacon at a high temperature, placing it directly on the grill grates; and
- Cook the bacon at a high temperature, placing it in a lined sheet pan.
You could also try and smoke it at a low temperature on a sheet pan, but to get the smoky flavor it’s better to place it directly on the grill grates.
All 3 are good methods and will get the job done, it just depends on what type of bacon you have, how you like your bacon, and how much time you have. Let’s dive in.
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