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Smoked Bologna in a bun with a bite taken.
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Smoked Bologna

Smoked Bologna is a southern inspired treat that your entire family is going to love. This bologna makes for a great sandwich.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time2 hours 15 minutes
Resting Time5 minutes
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes
Servings: 10 Sandwiches
Calories: 198kcal
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

  • 1 piece bologna 3 to 5 pounds
  • ⅓ cup yellow mustard
  • 3 tablespoons barbecue rub
  • 10 hamburger buns

Barbecue Sauce

Instructions

  • Gather your ingredients
    Overhead photo of all the ingredients.
  • Score entire bologna with a paring knife ½ an inch deep about every inch horizontally and vertically.
    Cutting a bologna with a knife.
  • Brush bologna all over with mustard, and sprinkle with barbecue rub.
    Bologna covered in mustard.
  • Gather the ingredients for your bbq sauce.
    Overhead photo of sauce ingredients.
  • Whisk ketchup, molasses, vinegar, Worcestershire, mustard, and pepper together in bowl.
    Ketchup, molasses, vinegar, Worcestershire, mustard, and pepper whisked together inside a bowl.
  • Heat oil in medium saucepan over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is softened, 2 to 4 minutes
    Onions and garlic cooked in a medium sauce pan.
  • Add chili powder and cayenne and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
    Chili powder and cayenne cooked with the onions and garlic.
  • Whisk in ketchup mixture and bring to boil.
    Ketchup mixture mixed into the medium sauce pan and cooked.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
    Prepared sauce inside a medium saucepan.
  • Preheat the smoker to 250 degrees than add bologna
    Bologna cooking inside a smoker.
  • Smoke Bologna for 3 hours.
    Bologna cooking inside a smoker.
  • Once the bologna has finished smoking remove from the smoker and allow it to rest for 5 minutes.
    Bologna cooked inside a smoker.
  • After resting, slice your bologna to the thickness you like.
    Bologna Sliced and served onto a white platter.
  • Then make a sandwich and top with your homemade bbq sauce.
    Closeup photo of a spoonful of bbq sauce.
  • Serve and Enjoy.
    Bologna slice placed between two slices of bread. The sandwich has been bitten into.

Notes

  • Sauce can be refrigerated in a resealable container for up to 1 week.
  • Always clean your grate when grilling or smoking. It ensures that your meat is uncontamintated and that it won't stick.
  • Don't cut too deeply when scoring your bologna. You want the smoke to penetrate, but you don't want it to dry out.
  • For even more flavor, brush the flat sides of your buns with a little butter and place them on the grill as well.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Sandwich | Calories: 198kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 640mg | Potassium: 357mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 3mg