Today we are making a batch of our smoked hot dogs with pulled pork.
Talk about good eating! If you have never had smoked hot dogs, well you’re just missing out. Adding some leftover pulled pork sends these good eats well over the top.
If you don’t have any leftover smoked pulled pork, just use your favorite go-to hot dog toppings. Dress them up how you want.
It’s real easy to do, so let’s get started …
Hickory Smoked Hot Dogs with Pulled Pork
Hickory smoked hot dogs with some leftover pulled pork on top. Yep, this is some stomach-pleasing good eating!
These are not the stove-top or oven-baked hot dogs Mom and Dad used to make back in the day!
So grab a cold beverage and fire up your smoker.
These smoked hot dogs are great for the weekend, the game, or any day you just want to get out and fire up your smoker.
Supplies You Might Need
You probably have the most all the barbecue tools needed for making smoked hot dogs.
But, here are a few things up your barbecue game and the reasons why.
Heat-resistant gloves, you need them. We use these for all of our grilling and smoker needs. As we write this, the NoCry heat-resistant gloves have almost 1000 of mostly 4 and 5 stars Amazon customer reviews. Folks just like them and we think they are the best heat-resistant gloves for grilling we have found.
Barbecue towels. We wrote earlier about why you need barbecue towels. Don’t ruin the good stuff as I did. Stay out of the dog house. Get yourself a dozen or so.
Smoking wood of choice. The best wood for smoking hot dogs is what you have on hand. But experiment, we like to use cherry, hickory, and oak smoking wood. Smoked hot dogs will take you about an hour of cook time once out on your smoker. For more information and to up your barbecue game, check out our book, Wood Smoke and Smoking Wood available only on Amazon. Check it out today.
Our Kamado Joe has no problem maintaining a rock-solid 225 °F (93 °C). But when we want a lower smoking temperature, such as 200 °F (107 °C), the fire just keeps going out because we have the air vents nearly closed. So, today, we are using our ThermoWorks Billows and ThermoWorks Signals barbecue thermometer. This setup gives us the ability to run the smoker at a lower temperature with no worries about the fire going out.
Smoked Hot Dog Ingredients
We are smoking, not grilling these hot dogs, so its indirect cooking, low and slow. So, we are aiming for a smoker temperature somewhere between 200 °F to 225 °F (93 °C to 107 °C).
If your smoker overshoots and goes a bit higher, no problem. Take these dogs off the smoker after an hour or so. The internal temperature should be at least 165 °F (71 °C). Check the hot dog package for the recommended temperature.
hot dogs, figure on 2 or 3 per person
hot dog buns
leftover pulled pork, about 1/4 cup per smoked hot dog
optional: slaw
optional: Texas Pete peppers in vinegar
Get good quality all-beef hot dogs. We’re going all out here, so get the good stuff.
We like ours piled high with pulled pork. And maybe some slaw if we have it.
Add a few of those Texas Pete peppers for a bit of extra spice if you want.
We don’t make pulled pork especially for these smoked hot dogs. We all usually have leftover pulled pork from our weekend backyard barbecues.
No leftovers, optionally, use your favorite store-bought packages of pulled pork.
Smoked Hot Dog Method
You don’t need a ceramic smoker as we show in these pictures. Your kettle grill is more than capable to make smoked hot dogs. So, heat up and stabilize your smoker to a temperature between 200 °F to 225 °F (93 °C to 107 °C).
How Long to Smoke Hot Dogs
Once your smoker is stabilized at temperature, just put the hot dogs on the smoker grate for a nice long smoke bath.
Let them smoke for an hour or so. After an hour, they are done. The internal temperature should be at least 165 °F (71 °C). Check the hot dog package for the recommended temperature.
Check out our recent posts on the ThermoWorks Signals thermometer and Billows barbecue fan. A nearly effortless way to maintain an optimal low and slow temperature.
Smoked Hot Dogs Taste Test
Well, all I can say is these are some darn good smoked hot dogs with pulled pork and it was so amazingly good. There are no words to express the amazing flavor.
Barbecue pulled pork hot dogs just might be the best smoked hot dogs ever. Make up a batch and you’ll say the same.
We’re running down our list of favorite hot dog recipes and adding some wood smoke and we’ll try them all out here, so stay tuned.
Check out my other Kamado Joe and JoeTisserie recipes and links here on my Outdoor Eats page.
One reply on “Smoked Hot Dogs with Pulled Pork”
These smoked hot dogs with pulled pork are seriously good. What a great idea