How To make Rib Eye Express Barbequed Hamburgers

BASIC HAMBURGER MIX:

1 lb Hamburger
1/2 ts Salt
1 tb Instant Minced Onions
1/8 ts Garlic Powder

SAVORY BURGERS:

1/4 ts Savory

RED HOT BURGERS:

1 ts Crushed Hot Red Pepper

ORIENTAL BURGERS:

1/4 ts Ginger
1 ts Lemon Zest
1 ts Soy Sauce

SESAME BURGERS:

1/4 c Toasted sesame seeds
--------------------HOT-N-TANGY BURGERS

1 ts Season All, Seasoned salt
1 ts Barbeque Spice
:

DILL BURGERS----------------------- 1/2 ts Crushed dill seed
1/4 c Chopped olives OR
- Sweet Pickles

HERB BURGERS:

1/4 ts Marjoram
1/8 ts Thyme
1/4 ts Celery Salt
1 ts Parsley flakes
-------------------CHILI-CHEESE BURGERS

1 c Grated cheese
1/4 c Milk
1/2 ts Chili Powder
:

SPICE BURGERS----------------------- 1/2 ts Dry Mustard
1/4 ts Nutmeg, ground
The Basic Burger Mix will yield 4 burgers. Add the following herbs and spices to the Basic Burger Mix to create variations on the basic burgers. Place into smoker/cooker (I use a water cooker) with the water pan filled with cold water or ice. Allow the smoker to obtain cooking temperature, 180-250 degrees. Smoke/cook approximately 1 hour per side.(Total cooking time is approximately 2-2 1/2 hours.) Slop with favorite bbq sauce during the last 1/2 hour of cooking.
We make up a weeks supply of these at a time. They are absolutely delicious... Source: Rib Eye Express BBQ Tag Team, 1994 -----