08/29/2026
Okay… these might need to make another appearance.
We spent a little time today playing around with something new. Big, smoked BBQ meatballs finished with our new BUZZED Honey Bourbon Marinade & Glaze.
And these things were absolutely killer.
We made this first batch BIG. About 1½ times the size of a golf ball. Stuffed them with cheddar, put them on the smoker, and let BUZZED do its thing toward the end of the cook.
The result was a smoky, juicy meatball with that sweet, tangy honey-bourbon glaze caramelized over the outside.
Now, we're already changing one thing next time.
The cheese is gone.
It sounded great on paper, and don't get us wrong, melted cheddar inside a smoked meatball certainly isn't bad. But quite a bit escaped during the cook, stuffing every meatball adds another production step, and after tasting them both ways…the meatball and BUZZED were already doing all the heavy lifting.
Sometimes simpler really is better.
We'd also make them a little smaller if these ever found their way onto a Saucy Beard BBQ menu.
Here's the other part:
We keep quite a few of our recipes close to the chest. But this one?
We might actually give it to you.
We're thinking about releasing the full Saucy Beard smoked meatball recipe so you can make these at home — with BUZZED, of course.
And if you'd rather skip making them altogether…
Maybe we need to find an excuse to put these on the menu one day.
What do you think — release the recipe, release the meatballs…or both?
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