Meatloaf Madness

[dj mishima]

It's been a long time since I've posted anything. My MES30 died and I only recently started using my replacement MES30. Sadly, I quickly realized that my A-Maze-N pellet smoker doesn't fit in this new MES. So, I've been using some small chunks in it instead so far. I smoked a chuck roast first, but I forgot to take any pictures. Since ground beef has been on sale a bit lately, I've been working on meatloaf recipes. I've made 8 loaves now and I think I'm starting to figure out what I like best. I forgot to take pictures again on the first round of meatloaves.

Here's meatloaf v2 ready for the smoker

And meatloaf v2 resting

Here's meatloaves v3 and v3.1 inserted into the MES

Here's meatloaves v3 and v3.1 resting near some roasted garlic ranch mashed potatoes

 

[bdskelly]

Those look awesome!

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Damn you must really like meatloaf!

 

[dj mishima]

Damn you must really like meatloaf!

Haha. Yeah, I do. But, when ground beef is less that $2 per lb, I couldn't think of anything better to make with it.

 

[fivetricks]

Haha. Yeah, I do. But, when ground beef is less that $2 per lb, I couldn't think of anything better to make with it.

Stuffed, smoked meatballs. Little meatloaf shooters basically. Also you can dip them. So double win.

^^ give it a look sometime.

 

[hardcookin]

Meatloaf is always good...nice smoke.

 

[gmc2003]

I really like meatloaf, but wow that's allot of loaves. They all look great.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[Braz]

Some meatloaf is better than others but there is no bad meatloaf.

 

[dj mishima]

I really like meatloaf, but wow that's allot of loaves. They all look great.

Point for sure
Chris

Perhaps I should have clarified that this was during about a month long period, lol.

 

[disco]

Marvelous meat loaf!

 

[tallbm]

It's been a long time since I've posted anything. My MES30 died and I only recently started using my replacement MES30. Sadly, I quickly realized that my A-Maze-N pellet smoker doesn't fit in this new MES. So, I've been using some small chunks in it instead so far. I smoked a chuck roast first, but I forgot to take any pictures. Since ground beef has been on sale a bit lately, I've been working on meatloaf recipes. I've made 8 loaves now and I think I'm starting to figure out what I like best. I forgot to take pictures again on the first round of meatloaves.

Here's meatloaf v2 ready for the smoker
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And meatloaf v2 resting
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Here's meatloaves v3 and v3.1 inserted into the MES
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Here's meatloaves v3 and v3.1 resting near some roasted garlic ranch mashed potatoes
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Fantastic meatloaf work!

If you want to fix and improve that dead MES30, it can totally be done by doing a simple rewire and adding a PID controller to make an MES30 better than it ever was from Masterbuilt :)

See here for some detailed reading on the topic:
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/mes-rewire-simple-guide-no-back-removal-needed.267069/

 

[dj mishima]

Fantastic meatloaf work!

If you want to fix and improve that dead MES30, it can totally be done by doing a simple rewire and adding a PID controller to make an MES30 better than it ever was from Masterbuilt :)

See here for some detailed reading on the topic:
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/mes-rewire-simple-guide-no-back-removal-needed.267069/

I wish I would have mentioned this earlier. I have already gotten rid of it months ago.

 

[tallbm]

I wish I would have mentioned this earlier. I have already gotten rid of it months ago.

Hey no problem. If/when the new MES croaks or you decide you want to upgrade to an MES40 that you find cheap at a garage sale or something you know you a good option :)