It is probably because it is lunch time and breakfast was at 4:30 this morning, but that thing looks delicious! If you're a barbecue fanatic, you probably know who Steve Raichlen is, after all he is the guy credited with reinventing barbecue! He is a chef, a TV show host, an author who has written numerous best-selling cookbooks and he loves everything about grilling food.

Leave it to a guy who can grill everything from cheese, (no, not grilled cheese sandwiches, although he has done that too) to eggs, (mhm--eggs!) to chicken parmesan on the 'ole Weber or gas grill, to come across "The Onion Bomb". No, he didn't invent it, in fact if you're the person who did, he wants you to contact him at his website Barbecue Bible on the Barbecue Board, because he thinks you're a genius!

Rumor has it "The Onion Bomb" has it's origins in the camping community which wouldn't surprise me, especially because there seems to be a huge resurgence in "foil-pack" grilled dinners this summer.

What is an "Onion Bomb"? You take the outer layers of an onion, stuff them with a meatloaf type mixture, wrap it in bacon and grill over indirect heat. These also work as foil-pack meal put directly into the embers (old style, don't you know?)

In any case they look yummy to me and Mr. Raichlen has actually come up with some interesting variations too, so grab some onions at the Farmer's Markets this weekend, (like I did yesterday), give them a try and then report back to me!

Here is the recipe.

And a video version too!

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