I fired up my smoker the other day. I was going to smoke a big chub of bologna. I figured I might as well throw a few bricks of SPAM on there too. There was plenty of room. I’m a big fan of not wasting space on a smoker. It’s already lit, why waste it? I haven’t had SPAM in like 100 years, and I’ve heard that smoking it makes it even better, so I figured… why not? Well, believe me, smoked SPAM is awesome!
A Blank Canvas For Flavors
I tried this two ways. One I just scored the SPAM and sprinkled it with Dizzy Pig Swamp Venom before putting it onto the smoker.
The other SPAM was scored in a checkerboard pattern. It expanded sort of like a Bloomin’ Onion. I then inserted some pineapple chunks and onto the smoker it went! Yum! Either way is fantastic. You can’t go wrong with smoked SPAM.
Also try my cedar planked SPAM and SPAM burnt ends.
I like to get my smoker going using my homemade fire starter cubes.
Smoked SPAM Two Ways
Ingredients
- 2 24 ounce SPAM
- Your favorite BBQ seasoning
- Handful pineapple chunks
Instructions
- Heat your smoker to 225 F.
- Score one block of SPAM from side-to-side, about halfway through. Sprinkle with rub.
- Score the other block in a checkerboard pattern. Sprinkle with rub.
- Smoke for 2 hours. Insert pineapple chunks into SPAM with the checkerboard pattern.
- Smoke another hour.
- Slice the SPAM without the pineapple and serve on sandwiches. (You can also brown them a bit in a skillet or on the grill first).
- Serve the SPAM with pineapple as an appetizer with crackers.
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
