Bacon Wrapped Meatballs

• 1 bag Frozen Meatballs
• 1 pound Thin Sliced Bacon
• 1/4 cups Your Favorite BBQ Dry Rub
• 1 cup BBQ Sauce (or Your Favorite Glaze)
• Toothpicks

1. Defrost frozen meatballs and cut package of bacon in half.
2. Sprinkle bacon generously with dry rub (or place dry rub on a plate and press each 1/2 slice of bacon into it as you go).
3. Wrap each meatball with a 1/2 slice bacon, secure bacon with a toothpick, and set on a baking rack over a pan to catch bacon drippings.
4. Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until bacon is cooked the way you like it.
5. Brush with BBQ sauce or your favorite glaze, and cook for another 5 minutes.
6. (Our current household glaze favorite is 2/3 cup blackberry preserves melted slightly in the microwave, mixed with 1/3 cup KC Masterpiece BBQ sauce.)
7. Let cool slightly on rack, serve warm or cold.
8. These are even better smoked.
9. If you have a smoker going for a long slow cook and you happen to have some extra room, toss these in.
10. When the bacon is ready, theyre ready to glaze.
11. With a 250 degree smoker, expect 1 1/2 2 hours cooking time with 10 minutes for the glaze to set.
12. Seems like a long time, but when youre doing a 6-hour rib cook (or a 18-hour pulled pork), its not that long at all.

frozen meatballs, bacon, rub, bbq sauce, toothpicks

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/bacon-wrapped-meatballs/ (may not work)