Are you tired of the same old same old menu items at Christmas? Then let us help liven up your Christmas dinner with these Christmas BBQ Menu Ideas.
Why wait until summer to enjoy a juicy slice of beef brisket or barbecued chicken? We want to change your way of thinking. Your grill and smoker should be enjoyed throughout the winter months. Be willing to brave the elements and become a seasonal griller and smoker like David.
If you’d like to try something a little different this year, consider one of these 25 Christmas BBQ menu ideas. This list has everything from snacks and finger foods to big chunks of succulent smoked meat.
Everyone at your holiday table will appreciate it, and you will enjoy seeing their smacking lips and smiling faces!
Let’s check out the list!
Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Chicken Lollipops
Bacon Wrapped BBQ Chicken Lollipops
BBQ chicken lollipops are chicken drumsticks seasoned with a dry rub, wrapped in bacon and smoked with barbecue sauce. An inexpensive way to please a crowd!
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Bacon-Wrapped Cajun Stuffed Shrimp
Bacon-Wrapped Cajun Stuffed Shrimp
Cajun stuffed shrimp is an appetizer made of grilled shrimp marinated in Cajun seasoning stuffed with andouille sausage, wrapped in bacon.
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Grilled Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers
Grilled Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers
These grilled bacon wrapped jalapeño poppers are stuffed with two different kinds of cheese, wrapped in bacon and grilled until crispy and bursting with flavor!
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Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Chicken Tenders
Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Chicken Tenders
Tailgate in your yard! Grill bacon-wrapped BBQ chicken tenders, a tender, juicy, smoky, sticky-sweet mouth full of flavor with every bite!
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Brined Applewood Smoked Chicken Wings {Naked Wings!
Brined Applewood Smoked Chicken Wings
Applewood Smoked Chicken wings take on flavor from a nice smoke over applewood coals brined in all natural ingredients. Tons of flavor in these Naked Wings!
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Spivey’s Spicy Smoked Snack Mix
Spivey’s Spicy Smoked Snack Mix
Spivey’s Spicy Smoked Snack Mix combines Crispix cereal Cheez-Its, pretzels, and peanuts tossed in spicy butter sauce and kissed with applewood smoke. A great party snack!
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MAIN COURSES
Rotisserie Prime Rib
Rotisserie Prime Rib With Garlic Herb Basting Butter
This step-by-step guide to rotisserie prime rib will help you produce a beautiful piece of beef on your barbecue charcoal grill.
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Smoked Beef Tenderloin – Reverse Sear
Smoked Pork Crown Roast
Smoked Pork Crown Roast
Smoked pork crown roast is an impressive way to present pork while still giving your guests that good to the bone bbq flavor they crave!
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The Mountain Kitchen Beef Brisket
How To Smoke Beef Brisket On A Charcoal Grill
Low and slow is the key to perfectly smoked beef brisket with crusty “bark” and pink smoke ring. Learn to smoke a brisket on a charcoal grill!
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Smoked Baby Back Ribs On A Charcoal Grill
Smoked Baby Back Ribs On A Charcoal Grill
Smoking ribs is a true labor of love. Try these easy-to-follow steps to create mouthwatering, and flavorful smoked baby back ribs today!
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Smoked Salmon With Honey Glaze
Honey Smoked Salmon
The 3 most important steps to honey smoked salmon are curing, drying, and temperature. Use this step-by-step guide to smoke salmon!
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Grilled Country-Style Pork Ribs
Grilled Country-Style Pork Ribs
The country-style pork ribs are rubbed with a dry rub, grilled over a two-zone fire, and finished in BBQ sauce. An inexpensive weeknight grilling recipe!
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Smoked Beef Short Ribs
Smoked Beef Short Ribs
Our step-by-step guide on how to smoke beef short ribs so that you can make deliciously rich, tender and juicy smoked beef ribs in your own backyard.
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Brined Smoked Pork Shoulder
Brined Smoked Pork Shoulder
This brined smoked pork shoulder is soaked in a flavorful brine that penetrates the meat with a nice balance of sugar, savoriness, aromatics, and spices.
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Smoked Eye of Round – Roast Beef Sandwiches
Smoked Eye of Round – Roast Beef Sandwiches
Eye of round roast beef is smoked just until cooked through, keeping the beef tender and juicy. A great recipe for Sunday dinner or a holiday meal!
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Smoked Duck
Smoked Duck
Perfectly smoked duck meat is tender, incredibly juicy and packs serious flavor! Learn how to smoke duck with applewood & charcoal using this How-To-Guide!
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Bacon-Wrapped Hickory-Smoked Pork Loin
How To Smoke a Pork Loin (Brined)
Smoking a pork loin is easy if you know the basics. Here’s a guide on how to smoke a pork loin. A good way to use an inexpensive cut of pork.
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Double-Smoked Ham
Double-Smoked Ham with Pineapple Bourbon Glaze
Double-smoked ham with pineapple bourbon glaze is a different unexpected way to prepare holiday ham. Easy to do on a charcoal grill or smoker!
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Grilled Spatchcocked Chicken Under Bricks
Grilled Spatchcocked Chicken Under Bricks With White Horseradish Barbecue Sauce
Juicy meat, crispy skin, even cooking and awesome flavor are a few ways that describe grilled spatchcocked chicken. An easy grilled chicken!
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Pecan Applewood Smoked Turkey Breast
Pecan Applewood Smoked Turkey Breast
With very little effort required, this pecan applewood smoked turkey breast is rubbed with a simple poultry seasoning, smoked over a pan of cranberry infused water for a moist smoking environment, with smoky coals, pecan wood chunks, and wet applewood chips. Tender, juicy turkey like no other!
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Smoked Chuck Roast
Smoked Chuck Roast
This smoked chuck roast is cheaper than prime rib, easier to get along with than brisket and it is a whole lot easier to come by in the grocery store.
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Grilled Stuffed Flank Steak With Spicy Capicola And Provolone
Grilled Stuffed Flank Steak With Capicola and Provolone Cheese
Grilled stuffed flank steak is a juicy steak rolled into a pinwheel with rich garlicky Italian meat, cheese and herbs, on a skewer. Italian Meat Lollipops!
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Smoked BBQ Pork Picnic Shoulder
Smoked BBQ Pork Picnic Shoulder
David's 10 steps to succulent smoked BBQ pork picnic shoulder. By following these steps, you will have perfectly cooked meat that's tender, moist and juicy.
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Rotisserie Smoked Chicken
Rotisserie-Smoked Chicken {Using Brine & Mesquite Wood
Supermarket rotisserie chicken is good, but it ain’t got nothing on this brined rotisserie-smoked chicken smoked over mesquite.
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We hope you’ll brush that snow off your grill or smoker this winter, and one of these menu ideas makes it to your table this holiday season.
If it does, we’d love to hear about it. Comment or email us and tell us about it. We love hearing from our readers!
David’s Christmas Poem:
David Spivey
“May your Christmas be merry and your grill or smoker is hot, but don’t burn the meat because they won’t like it a lot!”
Merry Christmas, y’all!
Karen (Back Road Journal) says
It is a good thing that it won’t be long until dinner. Looking at all those photos sure does make you hungry. I hope the two of you had a wonderful Christmas.
The Mountain Kitchen says
So good to hear from you, Karen. We had a great Christmas and hope you did too! Happy New Year!