Fireball Pineapple Recipe
For this Fireball Pineapple you grill a whole pineapple over a rotisserie until it’s all caramelized and delicious. But first, you have to soak the pineapple in Fireball Whiskey for at least 2 hours… so you know it’s going to be good. This Fireball Pineapple recipes comes compliments of Greg and Kristina Gaardbo from Rockin Rodizio… and you gotta check these guys out. They have a mobile, Brazilian Grill and entertainment experience. They have skewers of meats spinning over hot coals, they have flames shooting up, and most importantly – they are cooking good food. It’s pretty easy, all you do is remove the pineapple skin – but leave the core. Then let it soak in Fireball Whiskey for at least 2 hours – rotating the pineapple every 30 minutes to make sure it soaks evenly. Then coat it with sugar and grill it for about 45 minutes – 1 hour.
The only issue with this recipe is that you have to have a rotisserie setup on your grill. You can use any rotisserie-style grill setup, just hold the temps steady around 400-450.
Fireball Pineapple makes for a great side – people love it and it just looks great rotating on the grill. And the flavor you get with the sugars and the whiskey over coals is hard to beat.
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Fireball Pineapple Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 whole pineapples
- 12oz Fireball Whiskey
- 1 cup Raw Sugar
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Peel the pineapple and score the outside in a diamond pattern.
- Place both pineapples in a ziplock storage bag and pour in the Fireball Whiskey. Close the bag and squeeze as much air out as possible. Marinate for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator. Turning half way through.
- Prepare rotisserie grill for cooking. On a propane grill set the two outside burners to medium high and the rotisserie burner for medium. Temperature should be about 450⁰.
- Combine the raw sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Skewer each pineapple with the rotisserie rod and secure with rotisserie forks.
- Apply the sugar mixture to the outside of each pineapple and place the rotisserie rod into the motor on the grill.
- Cook for approximately 30 minutes and apply more sugar mixture once the outside looks dry.
- Remove the pineapples once the outside is caramelized about 45-60 minutes total cook time.
- Carefully slide the pineapples off the skewer and slice into individual pieces for serving.
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Hi Malcolm, been a fan of the JT show for awhile and heard you on the show several times. Finally went to your website and followed your baby back rib recipe to the letter! Man…..I’ve attempted several times to cook ribs but this puts any high end restaurant to shame!!! THEY WERE AWESOME!!!! Only bad thing was I didn’t cook enough and family wiped em out!! I will be back to try more and order some of your seasonings! Thanks again man!!!! Willie Phillips
these pineapples look amazing. But I don’t have a rotisserie on my grill.
Is there another way to do these – maybe in slices?
yeah you could do slices and grill them – almost like grilling burgers. I would let it go 2-3 minutes and flip it and top it with the mixture and let it caramelize.
I cooked them whole on my Traeger grill without a rotisserie. Turned out amazing following this recipe. Just make sure to make a little tin foil bowl to catch the drippings under the pineapples.
I didn’t have a rotisserie so I just put mine in a tinfoil pan and let them baste in the liquid. It was fantastic!
Hi Adele. I don’t have a rotisserie either. I’m going to slice mine vertically, into 8 pieces, remove core and place the pieces on my grill directly. I’m planning on turning the grill to 400 and rotating the pieces every 15 min. Hopefully it will only take an hour or so and wont burn the pieces up. Wish me luck. I’m using a Pellet grill.
You can use skewers.Turn every few minutes. Put over a foil pan. I wrap with bacon. A dash of mint.
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We do them on the Traeger, stand them in a tin pie plate. Follow the same instructions, the plate catches the drippings and I pour it over the slices when it’s done. We make them quite often. Love it.
Came upon this in a timely fashion, with the Kentucky Derby just 8 days away. Will share with customers looking for creative side dishes for entertaining and promise to try it myself.
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G’day Malcolm,
I tried this one on the weekend and loved it, thanks for the inspiration. I have also done a write up of my effort over on my blog site : https://kamadolife.com/jack-daniels-tennessee-fire-infused-rotisserie-pineapple/
awesome!
i was going to add “fireball is an absolute no-go” when tennessee fire is available… but you nailed it! thanks!
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Is the fireball grilled pineapple good hot and cold or just hot?
it’s great just about anyway you can cook it.
Could you put the pineapple in aluminum foil and bake it in the oven ? Or use a covered roasting pan ?
not sure – I’ve never cooked it in the oven
don’t cook covered because the sugar will not carmelize
Does the alcohol burn off? If not, can you feel the effects from the whiskey? Thanks!
no, the alcohol burns off – I need more whiskey than that to feel the effects
Sounds great!
Thanks for the recipe and all the tips. I have no spit on my grill…but will still be making for a dinner party tomorrow!! Thanks.
How would go do this on a Traeger smoker?
You could crank the heat up and do it on a Traeger
Can this be prepared a couple of days ahead?
I would do this recipe right before I served it
love the pineapple recipe…..making this for Sunday dinner for my family. sounds delicious and simple to make.
I wonder how this would turn out with Rum?
I think it would be delicious!
Please send all ur recipes to my emails so I can try them out
Don’t forget to drink the fireball left in the bag!!!!! it will be amazing.
Love this recipe and will definitely be fixing it for our family cookout (for the adults). The only problem is one of my niece’s will not let her minor children have anything with alcohol in it. No problem – her kids, her rules. Any idea what I could substitute for the Fireball? I would never want to deny a child fruit.
you can just skip the fireball and go straight to the brown sugar
I dont have a spit on my grill but my toaster oven has one. Could I use that? Maybe add a tiny bit of liquid smoke?
Never tried it on a toaster oven. I don’t recommend using liquid smoke on pineapple.
Works amazingly in an airfryer w/rotisserie set up!
Is there a maximum time to marinate?
And is it fine to consume the marinade after soaking?
You could go overnight. It’s just pineapple, so I don’t see anything wrong with drinking the leftover marinade!
Okay I admit I’m a whimp! Can I use can pineapples?