One of my favorite meals is stuffed bell peppers. This time we made them on my Daniel Boone.

The recipe is fairly simple. The stuffing was an Italian variety made of ground beef, minced onions, grated zucchini, rice, cheddar cheese, marinara sauce, garlic and a collection of spices often sold under the name Italian spice.

We didn't bother to blanch the peppers, so they did not retain their bright colors. You might consider blanching if you are going for full aesthetics.

I smoked the peppers using Fruitwood pellets at approximately 325 to 350 degrees for a little over an hour. They came out a bit al dente, which helps them hold up as little stuffing bowels.

Next time I'll to do a Spanish rice version with black beans and corn.

Note: I doubled the rice and zucchini after taking the picture 2. We also ended up freezing enough stuffing to make 2 or 3 more peppers.

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That looks good.

 I remember growing up Woman used to make stuffed peppers. They were always green peppers from the garden. She cut hers the other way. Stuffed with a meat loaf type mix and a bread stuffing for Man because he liked them better.

I am going to have to go to the farm market and find some nice peppers and give something like this a try.

They look great

Nice!!!!

Those look terrific. Nice work!
We have always stuffed whole peppers with a meatloaf type mix as Dave had mentioned.

Very nice. One of my favorites. We like to ladle marinara sauce on them about 10 minutes before removing from oven or grill.
Yum!

I had leftovers tonight. I could really notice the smoke smell and flavor that I did not notice as much last night. Maybe being around the smoker while cooking gave me olfactory fatigue.

I had leftovers tonight. I could really notice the smoke smell and flavor that I did not notice as much last night. Maybe being around the smoker while cooking gave me olfactory fatigue.

That happens consistently.  I think you’re correct about olfactory fatigue (I’ve not heard it called that, but it’s the perfect description).

we do this often (though as previously mentioned cut the top and fill, with a circle of crimpled foil to hold up).   Great part is that everyone can choose their own filling.  I skip the rice, my wife is mostly rice.  Any filling will do.  I push the pepper past al dente to a point where it's visibly wrinkled.  I'll have to get pictures next time.

DK

What is the other item in the pan with the hamburger and rice?

What is the other item in the pan with the hamburger and rice?

Shredded zucchini. I mentioned earlier that I doubled the amount of rice and zucchini shown in the picture.

You inspired me! This looked good, so I was going to give it a try. However, I only had one pepper and a very large zucchini. So the logical thing was to make a stuffed zucchini. It turned out OK, but not great. Next time I will stick to stuffing the peppers.