Bacon Wrapped Burger

The bacon wrapped burger with Ultimate Burger Sauce isn't just any old burger.  It's one of the all-time best burgers.  Each burger is wrapped in two slices of bacon, brushed with BBQ sauce and topped with your favorite cheese.  It will be a new favorite for everyone who loves bacon.  You'll want to make them again and again.  

For the Burgers

2 1/2 lbs ground chuck

12 bacon strips

1/3 cup BBQ Sauce (your choice)

12 oz of your favorite cheese, grated or shredded

1 red onion, diced

5 burger buns

6 Boston butter lettuce leaves

3 dill pickles, sliced lengthwise

1 large tomato, sliced

Salt and pepper to taste

For the Ultimate Burger Sauce

1/2 cup mayonnaise

2 Tbsp ketchup

1 Tbsp BBQ sauce (your favorite)

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/4 tsp black pepper

 Preheat your grill to 300 degrees. 

Divide the ground chuck into 6 equal portions.  Form into patties, either by hand or using a burger press. 

Wrap 2 bacon strips around each beef patty.  Secure with toothpicks.  Season burgers with salt and pepper.

Place the bacon-wrapped beef patties on your grill over indirect heat.  Close the lid and cook until desired doneness, 20 - 25 minutes.  

Whisk mayonnaise, ketchup, BBQ sauce, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper together in a medium-size bowl.  Set aside in the refrigerator.  

Using a basting brush, brush burgers with BBQ sauce.  Flip and brush the other side.  Move burgers to the direct heat side of the grill to caramelize the sauce, 2 - 3 minutes.   

Top the burgers with cheese and red onions.  Close the lid for 30 - 60 seconds.  Remove burgers from grill.  

Grill burger buns over direct heat for 15 seconds.

Assemble your burgers with grilled buns.  Place a leaf of lettuce, some burger sauce and a burger patty on the bottom bun.  Top with sliced tomato and serve with pickles on the side.