My first attempt at a smoked meal.

[nyg60]

I made some mistakes.

1-I didnt think to rotate the meat, result was uneven cook marks, but the meat was evenly delicous..

2-need to purchase frogmats


SIDE NOTE---I have to find a page with mods, a second element and a pid.  (help)  I have searched, found one and lost it.  Is there a page with all mods for a 4 rack?

OK here are my pictures.

I decided to smoke a meatloaf.

Heres what I did...

I combined onions and garlic, eggs, bread crumbs, ketchup/bbq sauce/worscheshire sauces, and some other spices.


Lined a loaf pan with cling wrap, set the meat and a surprise you will see in last pic.  flipped the loaf out and onto a rack and smoked at ~180 for 3 hours with mesquite



Here it is fresh out of the smoker, into a blanket of foil, which I wrapped and baked in oven at 375 for 30 minutes, here you can see that I didnt rotate/flip the loaf.  But it was not burnt and tasted awesome..



I then pulled the loaf out of oven, unwrapped the foil, placed into a bake dish, and smothered top with my favorite BBQ sauce, back into oven at 400 for 25 minutes



Lastly, the "surprise"

The night before I smoked the loaf, I made a batch of fresh macaroni and cheese, extra cheesey, and rolled a length of mac n cheese into cling wrap, and froze the log, to be inserted into my meatloaf concotion the following day.
End result was simply a delicouos, juicy, great smoke flavored meatloaf, and so  so filling...




Thanks in advance for any help with that mod page addy...

[GusRobin]

Check the "User Modifications" section of the recipe site:
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?180-Our-Time-Tested-and-Proven-Recipes

[Habanero Smoker]

Nice idea on how you stuffed the meatloaf with mac & cheese.

Smoking/cooking ground meat at a cabinet temperature lower then 225°F is not recommended; unless you have added sodium nitrite, in the form of Cure #1 or Morton Tender Quick. Smoking/cooking at lower cabinet temperatures you are at risk of allowing food borne bacteria to grow.

[beefmann]

good job on your  smoke,,, also consider add int a  fan into the cabinet to help even out the temps

[DetroitSmoke]

What I did for my dual element setup was install a DPDT lighted switch for the elements.  I wired it up so that I could have both elements on full or switch to one element with slide control (factory default).  I don't have a PID yet so I can switch both on to start up then switch to one element to smoke.  I only turn on both when I open the door then one off after a few minutes.  Even if you have a PID if it takes a crap you can still smoke.  Good luck on your mods.

[SiFumar]

Still a nice looking meatloaf!  Are you taking notes on what you liked or didn't like?  It will help for future smokes and you can repeat smokes you're happy with.

[nyg60]

Yes, I actually made a log to add what I liked and did correct or wrong..  Thanks all!!

First brisket attempt planned for this weekend, UNLESS the 2 storms they are looking at actually become a norester..