Barbecued Bologna

BARBECUED BOLOGNA

This is an unusual dish, and sometimes people give you this look, but if they try it they usually like it. The first time i made this and my wife walked in the door from work and asked what we were having and i said barbecued bologna, she said, I'm not eating that. I said i guess you better figure out what your going to make for yourself. She reluctantly ate it and decided that it was pretty good, said with great surprise. A few weeks later when we were having relatives over and my wife asked what i was making and i said one of the items was the barbecued bologna, she was mad that i was making something that seemed so lowly to her. The relatives like a lot of people had this look, but tasted it, and were very pleased. After that when our relatives would invite us over to picnics etc. they would ask me to bring the barbecued bologna. My wife would get so mad, all the gourmet food that we make, i can't understand why people want you to bring that bologna. Because it taste good, i told her. Now she actually asked me the other night to make it. A convert has been born. Anyway on to the recipe.

Ingredients:

bologna - 1 chunk about 2" thick - sometimes the deli people will say that they can't cut a piece
that big with the slicer and you just have to say use a knife.
barbecue spice - your own rub or Paul Prudhomme's or Emeril's
barbecue sauce - your own or store bought
bread - i use thin sliced sourdough

This is an amazingly simple recipe, take the plastic off the chunk and then use a knife and peel the skin off around the outside edge, all the way around. Now score the chunk around the outer edge and also score the top and bottom. Next heat the grill up. While the grill is heating, sprinkle the barbecue rub all over the bologna chunk, sides, top & bottom. When the grill is ready, set it up so that your cooking by indirect heat. I use a propane grill, the one side is set at medium and the other side is off. I use cooking spray and i spray the grill on the indirect side and then i spray the top side of the bologna. I put it on the indirect side top side of the bologna down. Close the lid and let it cook for 30 minutes. Then spray the top side of the bologna with cooking spray and turn it over and cook for 30 minutes more. Now i coat the bologna with barbecue sauce, top and sides and let it cook for about 10 minutes. Than i turn it over and coat the other side, the bottom side which is now the top and get a little more onto the sides and give it 10 minutes. The bologna will start getting charred. It's now time to take it off and slice it up. You can serve it on bread of your choice or just eat as is. I think you'll be surprised how good this will taste.