Smoked Beets Recipe | Sip Bite Go (2024)

Published: Jul 15, 2022 · Modified: May 23, 2023 by Jenna Passaro · This post may contain affiliate links.

These easy Traeger smoked beets use only one ingredient and are SO TASTY. They smoke on the pellet grill in just a couple of hours and require 1 minute of prep time. Let’s cook ‘em up…

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Why is this recipe for smoking beets so good?

• Smoke them SKIN ON. (it’s easier!)
• Beets cooked in a smoker on medium heat (300 degrees F) pick up a TON of smoky flavor.
• See how to serve this dish as a smoked beet salad.
• Use red beets or any variety you’d like.
• New to Traeger recipes? See my step by step video for beginners (scroll to bottom of page).

Ingredients

Here’s what you need to make this smoked beet recipe.

For simple smoked beets

• Fresh beets (about 2-3 inches, skin on)

Also see this recipe for smoked peaches…

Smoked beet salad dressing (optional)

• Dill
• Red wine
• Olive oil
• Honey
• Lemon juice or orange juice
• Garlic salt
• Salt and pepper

Smoked beet salad ingredients for toppings (optional)

• Feta cheese crumbles (or goat cheese)
• Almonds
• Black pepper
• Arugula

Size of beets to use

Root vegetables like beets (and parsnips) are notoriously longer to cook than other vegetables because they are so dense.

The best type of beets to smoke in the pellet grill are on the smaller side, since that will reduce your cook time.

Try beet salad with homemade croutons and pan grilled chicken.

How to smoke beets

Now I’ll walk you through it…

Quick look at smoked beets

1. Prep beets.
2. Smoke beets at 300.
3. Remove beets when they reach 205 degrees F internally.
4. Let cool, peel, and enjoy.

Detailed recipe steps

1. Preheat Traeger Grills or Pitt Boss or whatever pellet grill you’re using to 300 degrees F.
2. Add beets directly to the smoker grill grates, with some space in between them.
3. Smoke beets for about 2 hours. You’re finishing smoking beets when you can easily pierce them with a fork.
4. Remove beets from smoker. When the internal temp is about 205 degrees F or higher, as measured with an internal read thermometer, remove beets and let them cool ~10-15 minutes, or until they’re easy to handle with your hands. Use a spoon, knife or fingers (if you want it to look like a crime scene on your cutting board) to remove the beet skins. Dice and serve. (I usually let the beets rest for 25 to 35 minutes before peeling and cutting them).

Beet recipes from Sip Bite Go

• Oven roasted beets
• Sous vide beets
• Air fried beets
• Smoked beets

FAQs

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• Grilled skirt steak
• Flank steak marinade
• Grilled potato wedges
• Smoked pulled pork
• Want more? See my lineup of easy smoker recipes

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Meat thermometer recommendations

Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.

On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:

1. Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
2. ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.

It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.

How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.

While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!

Why I wrote this recipe

I love all the good meats to make on the Traeger, but vegetables are something I try to get creative with as much as possible. Because: nutrition.

Vegetables in season inspire me, and beets have been a particular favorite of mine since my grandma made farm-fresh beets for me as a child.

This recording of smoking beets almost didn’t happen.

I was smoking them the night the electricity kept going out in the Dallas area – we were having a lot of thunderstorms – and so they took forever to finish.

See why I moved to Dallas… (spoiler: family life PLUS there’s good BBQ here)

Luckily, I know my favorite time and temperature and was just getting the recipe recorded, but that’s why you’ll see in the video I finished them when it was very dark out.

The grill kept going on and off (the Traeger is run on pellets but actually powered by electric).

And so they weren’t ready to eat until the next day because I didn’t finish them until 10pm!

Are you a foodie, too?

Hey home chefs, hope that answers all your questions about smoker beets.

Soon I’ll have a new recipe for smoked cornbread and smoked baked beans. I’ll also be sharing more grilling recipes, Blackstone griddle recipes, and electric smoker tips.

Until then, check out this smoked mac and cheese and this smoked corn on the cob side dish using the Traeger.

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