PREP TIME

15

MINS

COOK TIME

15-20

MINS

PELLETS

Fruit

BLEND

SERVES

2-5

PEOPLE

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 red onion
• brown sugar
• sweet BBQ sauce (we used GMG Cattle Drive)
• cheddar cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp onion powder
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp GMG beef rub
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 tsp ground pepper
• 1 lb bacon
  

Caramelized Onion BBQ

High temperatures and sugar tend to make a crispy sweet glaze around anything you cook. This method for searing the onions at a high temperature adds the best flavor to any burger. 

Preparation:

• Preheat the grill to 500 degrees.
• Put your ground beef, egg, and spices in a large bowl and mix it well.
• Pack together 3-5 thick hamburger patties tightly and set them aside.

• Cut your red onion into 4-5 thick slices and pull apart the onion slices into a few solid rings.
• Coat the onion rings with a light layer of your favorite BBQ sauce, then sprinkle brown sugar over the top and bottom.
  

• Place the burger patties, bacon, and onion rings on your smoker and grill them hot and fast.

• After your first flip on the burgers (7-10 minutes in,) place a generous amount of cheddar cheese on each patty. Be sure to flip the onions once as well.
• Place the probe in your thickest burger patty and pull at 135 degrees for medium rare.
• We made our burger with bacon, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, brown sugar caramelized onions, and a light layer of extra BBQ sauce.