Promised the wife I'd make a smoked meatloaf tonight along with the ribs I was doing. So I thought I'd add a little twist and mix in some bratwurst meat to enhance the flavor.
Here's what I'm starting with. 2lbs 80/20 ground beef, using 3 of the brats, will be mixing in, garlic powder, worcestershire sauce, eggs, onion flavored crackers, sweet yellow onion, and some salt and pepper.
Start with the ground beef, and 1/2 of a large sweet yellow onion
I slit the skins on the bratwurst and took the meat out.
Add 3 large eggs
A full sleeve of Toasted Onion crackers and a splash of milk. I don't know why, that's just how mom does it.
Then get messy and mix it all up to get everything evenly distributed
You can leave out the milk and I would actually recommend it if smoking on right on the grates. Mine was a little too wet so I added in some bread crumbs so it wouldn't fall through the grates. Then I put into a loaf pan to form.
I didn't put any ketchup or BBQ sauce on the top because my kids hate the chewy texture it gets. I did sprinkle on a little rub though. The flash on my camera ruined this picture. But it came out really nice. I smoked this at 260* for around 3 hours until my Thermapen said I hit 170* internal.
It had a good flavor. I think next time I'll add even more bratwurst meat. It wasn't quite as pronounced as I'd hoped. But still pretty darned good.
Thanks for looking.
Here's what I'm starting with. 2lbs 80/20 ground beef, using 3 of the brats, will be mixing in, garlic powder, worcestershire sauce, eggs, onion flavored crackers, sweet yellow onion, and some salt and pepper.
Start with the ground beef, and 1/2 of a large sweet yellow onion
I slit the skins on the bratwurst and took the meat out.
Add 3 large eggs
A full sleeve of Toasted Onion crackers and a splash of milk. I don't know why, that's just how mom does it.
Then get messy and mix it all up to get everything evenly distributed
You can leave out the milk and I would actually recommend it if smoking on right on the grates. Mine was a little too wet so I added in some bread crumbs so it wouldn't fall through the grates. Then I put into a loaf pan to form.
I didn't put any ketchup or BBQ sauce on the top because my kids hate the chewy texture it gets. I did sprinkle on a little rub though. The flash on my camera ruined this picture. But it came out really nice. I smoked this at 260* for around 3 hours until my Thermapen said I hit 170* internal.
It had a good flavor. I think next time I'll add even more bratwurst meat. It wasn't quite as pronounced as I'd hoped. But still pretty darned good.
Thanks for looking.
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