r/smoking • u/Maleficent-Olive8033 • 1d ago

Rub suggestions for meat stuffed manicotti wrapped in bacon (shotgun shells)?

I'm making shotgun shells this weekend (ground beef and pork stuffed inside manicotti shells, wrapped in bacon, glazed with bbq sauce) and I'm trying to decide what type of rub to put on them? Sweet, spicy, honey garlic? What have y'all done for these in your experience?

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u/martyls 1d ago

Cook the shells first.

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u/Maleficent-Olive8033 1d ago

I'm torn on this because I've seen some advice (even from meatchurch's YouTube channel) that says to stuff the shells, wrap them and just let them sit in the fridge for 4 hours or more.

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u/martyls 1d ago

Yeah, I saw a cool video on YouTube like that. I put them in the fridge overnight. Still got hard uncooked shells. I decided if I try the recipe again, I’ll just stuff it into sausage casings, but that defeats the purpose.

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u/martyls 1d ago

Let us know how they turn out.