Breakfast recipes for your smoker, grill, and griddle

BBQ Breakfast is a recipe site for people who own a smoker, grill, or flat-top griddle and want to use it before noon. The recipes here are weekend breakfasts cooked outside: egg casseroles that pick up a little smoke, sausage rolls sliced into thick rounds, and griddle spreads big enough to feed a camp site.

Every recipe lists ingredients, numbered steps, a cook temperature, and a typical time range. Smokers and grills run differently, so the recipes also give you a target internal temperature to check with a thermometer instead of trusting the clock alone.

Start here

• Feeding a crowd on a Saturday morning? Our smoked breakfast casserole with sausage, hash browns, and cheddar can be assembled the night before.
• Want the classic pitmaster breakfast? Learn how to make a breakfast fatty, a stuffed and rolled sausage log, on any smoker.

A few rules we cook by

Eggs and ground sausage need to be cooked through. Egg dishes and ground pork are done at 160°F in the center, and an instant-read thermometer is the cheapest way to know for sure. Use mild woods like apple, cherry, or pecan for breakfast, since eggs and cheese soak up smoke quickly and heavy smoke can turn bitter.

Griddle breakfast ideas, camping breakfasts, and gear guides are coming next.