Homemade Sloppy Joes - Smoker to Griddle
These homemade smoked sloppy joes are packed with flavor thanks to smoking the beef patties on the pellet smoker and then searing them on the griddle. Make a simple sloppy joe sauce right on the Blackstone griddle, and these smoked sloppy joes are ready to serve with your favorite sandwich toppings!
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
- 2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
- 1 cup diced green bell pepper
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1-2 jalapeños seeded and diced
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- ¾ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp mustard
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
- hamburger buns *brioche buns are recommended
- dill pickles, thinly sliced raw onion, mayo, etc for topping
Instructions
- Preheat a smoker grill to 225 degrees F. While the smoker is heating up, form the ground beef into 6 equally sized, medium-thick patties. Place the beef patties on the smoker grates, and smoke for about 45 minutes.
- When the beef patties are almost done smoking, heat the griddle to about 425 degrees F. Saute the diced bell peppers, onions, and fresh jalapeños on the griddle, stirring often.
- While the vegetables continue to cook, transfer the smoked beef patties to the hot zone on the griddle, and sear on the first side for about 3-5 minutes or until a nice crust develops. Then, flip the burger patties to the second side and cook an additional 2-3 minutes. Using your bench scraper, chop the smoked patties into small crumbles.
- Add the sautéed vegetables to the chopped beef and mix to combine. Saute the beef and vegetable mixture together for about 3-4 minutes.
- Make a well in the center of the meat and vegetable mixture on the griddle. Add the minced garlic and allow it to become fragrant for about 1 minute. Then, add ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Add about ½ cup of water to the meat, and mix all ingredients together on the griddle.
- Move the sloppy joe mixture to the cool zone on the griddle so that it can stew and reduce slowly. Continue to cook on the griddle, stirring frequently, until the sauce has thickened, about 5-7 minutes. *You can move the meat to the hotter zone if the sauce is taking too long to thicken, or move it to the cooler zone to slow down the cooking process.
- Transfer the sloppy joe mixture to a serving bowl. Serve sloppy joes warm with hamburger buns and your favorite sloppy joe toppings.
Notes
- For spicier Sloppy Joes, keep the seeds in the jalapenos or add more jalapenos or red pepper flakes.