Grilled Tater Tot Bombs

Tater tot bombs are all the rage on Pinterest, so I decided to take it one better and make grilled tater tot bombs. What is that exactly? Well, they’re tater tots, obviously, and bacon, and together, after they hit the grill, they are the BOMB! See what I did there?!?

And yes, guys can go to Pinterest. Lots of grilling stuff on there and I get a TON of inspiration from Pinterest.

Grilled Tater Tot Bombs Ingredients:

• 24 tater tots
• your favorite BBQ rub
• 8 slices of bacon, cut into thirds
• brown sugar

How to prepare Tater Tot Bombs

Pick your bacon brand, but I prefer standard cut over the thick stuff for this. Also, avoid the maple or honey bacons. They can blacken because of the sugar. Besides we’re adding sugar here so we don’t need any extra beyond that. 

So let’s make some grilled tater tot bombs.

Hit the tots with your favorite BBQ rub:

Then grab a slice of bacon and lay it flat on a cutting board and place one of the tater tots at the end of the slice:

Roll the tater up in the bacon until there is some overlap and then slice:

You should be able to get three tater tots per slice of bacon, four if you stretch it.

Next roll the bacon wrapped tater tot in some brown sugar:

I went ahead and double skewered my soon to be grilled tater tot bombs.

They can rotate and flip back over when trying to turn them on a single toothpick.

I had some long toothpicks so I was able to do two tots on the same two toothpicks but also did a couple singles.

Here’s what one looks like ready for the grill:

How to Make Grilled Tater Tot Bombs

Place the tater tot bombs on the grill and close the lid:

So a few of the tots lost their ends like this one:

Life of a Food Blogger

I’m guessing that wouldn’t have happened had I just made up a batch and put them on the grill. It’s not that simple for a grill blogger like myself. My process goes like this. I set out all the ingredients, stage a couple different set ups and take a bunch of pictures, then take bacon shots, then the making of the bombs (you get the idea), on my way to just short of 400 pictures.

That’s right. I have to take 400 pictures to get 15 that are worth anything. I’m not a great photographer. I’ve improved a lot, but I have a long way to go. I live by the rule of quantity makes quality. In other words, I need 400 blind squirrels to find 15 nuts.

Because it took so long to take all the pictures, the tater tots were completely thawed and thus fell apart somewhat.

They should hold up much better for someone not taking 400 pictures while grilling.

Here are the tot bombs about 15 minutes in and ready to flip over:

Here they are at the 30 minute mark, after flipping at 15 minutes, and these bad boys are done.

Timing might be a little different on your grill.

Just look for the bacon to brown and crisp up a bit, but don’t expect the bacon to be super crisp.

That’s not how these work:

Tater Tot Bombs Ready to Eat

Here’s a close up of a couple right before I mowed them down:

I highly recommend letting these cool for a couple minutes or risk an emergency room visit for burns to your mouth. OK, it’s not that bad, but these puppies are scorching on the inside when they come off the grill.

And here is the aftermath of myself and my best friend, Chad, after we taste tested ALL the grilled tater tot bombs to make sure they were worthy of this website:

Just a warning. These things are so good, you might be tempted to eat the toothpicks. Don’t do that.

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Print Recipe

Grilled Tater Tot Bombs

Tater tots, dusted with BBQ rub, wrapped in bacon, coated in brown sugar and then grilled. Yeah, I know that sounds ridiculously good, because it is!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: BBQ

Servings: 2

Ingredients

• 24 tater tots
• your favorite BBQ rub
• 8 slice bacon cut into thirds
• brown sugar

Instructions

• Dust the tater tots with the BBQ rub
• Roll each tot in 1/3 slice of bacon and then dredge them in brown sugar
• Skewer the tots with toothpicks
• Prepare the grill for two zone or indirect grilling with coals on one side and nothing on the other, or in the case of my Grill Dome Kamado, put the plate setter down between the coals and the meat
• Target temperature inside the grill is 325
• Place the tater tot bombs on the grill and close the lid for approximately 15 minutes
• Once the bacon browns on the bottom, flip them over for another 15
• Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes or risk burning.

And now a collage for your viewing pleasure…

Scott Thomas

Scott Thomas, the Original Grillin’ Fool, was sent off to college with a suitcase and a grill where he overcooked, undercooked and burned every piece of meat he could find. After thousands of failures, and quite a few successes, nearly two decades later he started a website to show step by step, picture by picture, foolproof instructions on how to make great things out of doors so that others don’t have to repeat the mistakes he’s made on the grill.

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This article was initially published on: August 14, 2014