A Tasty little appetizer.

[JP Z]

Well Granted I was a week late for a Super Bowl Appetizer but I guess better late than never.

I made a quick little smoked appetizer from Jeff at Smoking Meats

Pigs on the Beach.

Took a pound of Shrimp

and a link of Smoked sausage.

And a nice rub, used Jeff's original.

Cut the sausage in half inch wedges then skewered the shrimp on the wedges then sprinkled rub on them.

Put them in a 225 degree smoker for 30 minutes. I used Apple wood as that was what I had handy but he recommeded Mesquite.

[pikestabber]

Wow, those look great! Were the shrimp raw from the start, or pre-cooked?

[JP Z]

I actually misread and used pre-cooked supposed to use Raw, but from my experience it works either way. They didn't over cook at all.

[bobberineyes]

Looks dynamite, nuthin wrong with pigs on the beach.

[Ufatz]

A tasty little appetizer? Taylor Swift!

[Mike89]

looks awesome!

[Finns]

No smoker! Bake them?

[leechlake]

if you have a grill you can make a foil pack of wood chips and then grill them with indirect heat.

oven would work too you'd just miss a little smoke flavor.

[eyeguy 54]

deer and pigs on the beach would be awesomer.... looks like fun!

[pikestabber]

No smoker! Bake them?

Sure! The sausage is already a little smoky, and the rub helps add flavor... Foil on a cookie sheet, maybe a spray of Pam, then into the broiler for a few minutes or oven at 375 for a handful of minutes...enough to carmelize the rub, I'd guess (i.e., when the oil from the sausage and the sugar from the rub start to bubble and brown up). Even raw shrimp is done in a jiffy at higher heat like that.