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												This is a juicy, full flavored 
												burger that folks who enjoy a 
												spicy kick from a juicy burger 
												will enjoy. 
												Let's get to cooking!  
												 
												Cut of 4 slices of thick sliced 
												bacon and place into a pan over 
												medium heat. Brown the bacon and 
												add 2 cloves of chopped garlic 
												once the bacon is browned. 
												Continue to cook for 1 minute to 
												cook the garlic. Remove from 
												heat and let rest. 
												 
												Next lets cut up the veggies. 
												Start by mincing three slices of 
												red onion. Then de-seed and 
												chopping two large Jalapeno 
												peppers. Place the veggies on a 
												plate with the bacon, garlic and 
												1 cup Panko bread crumbs. 
												Place 3 eggs in a medium mixing 
												bowl. Add 1/4 cup Worcestershire 
												sauce. Next add 1/2 cup Mad 
												Hunky Meats "Hat Ass Whang" rub. 
												Mix thoroughly and make sure the 
												rub is well stirred in to the 
												eggs. 
												Place 3 1/2 lbs. of 80/20 ground 
												beef in a large mixing bowl. 
												Pour in the eggs and rub 
												mixture. Next dump in the plate 
												of bacon, veggies and bread 
												crumbs. Add 4 oz. of crumbled 
												blue cheese and then thoroughly 
												mix. Once the meat has been 
												mixed add the remaining 4 oz. of 
												crumbled blue cheese. The reason 
												I add this at the back end is 
												that mixing all the ingredients 
												can break up the chunks of blue 
												cheese. We want some small and 
												some larger chucks. Adding the 4 
												oz. at the back and carefully 
												mixing it in makes sure we have 
												some larger chucks. 
												Once the meat is mixed cover and 
												let sit in the fridge for at 
												least 8 hours to allow the the 
												flavor to impart into the meat. 
												After 8 hours remove from the 
												fridge and form your patties. 
												Once the patties are formed let 
												them rest at room temperature 
												for one hour. 
												 
												Pre-heat your cooker. I'm 
												cooking on a Yoder YS640 pellet 
												smoker & grill. I set it to 425 
												and set it up with the 
												GrillGrates. Once up to temp oil 
												the grates and place the meat on 
												the cooker. Cook about 5 minutes 
												per side. It depends on the temp 
												at grate level. Add some pepper 
												as you place them on the grates. 
												Once you have flipped the 
												burgers take them up to about 
												157 degrees and then add the 
												pepper jack cheese. Remove the 
												burgers when the internal temp 
												reaches 160 degrees. Let the 
												burgers rest about 10 minutes. 
												Now it's time to build the 
												burgers. Do what you wish or 
												what suits you. In my case I put 
												mayo on an onion bun then added 
												some Wickles hot pickle relish, 
												a patty, red onion, 
												pepperoncini's and leaf lettuce. 
												Can't forget the ketchup! I also 
												added some Motor City BBQ 
												"Scorpion" sauce. This is a seet 
												BBQ sauce made with the Trinidad 
												Moruga Scorpion pepper. Yum! 
												Your burgers if done correctly 
												should be full flavored and 
												extremely juicy. They should 
												have a good kick of heat but not 
												overly hot.  
												 
												I hope you all enjoy this burger 
												recipe as much as I did.   |