Smoked Chops & Stuffed Meatloaf

[griz400]

Well, this will first smoke on new mes 30, ...

Seasoned up and ready to go..
Going to mix up a meatloaf .
2 1/2 lbs of 80-20 ground chuck
1 large Vidalia onion chopped
1 cup bread crumbs
1 egg
2 tablespoons ketchup
1/4 teaspoon of paprika
salt / pepper to your taste .

then going to stuff with mushrooms, peppers, and Velveeta
then look for internal of 165 ... about last hour will brush up equal parts, ketchup, BBQ sauce ,and chili sauce



Now the chops .. 3 bone in ribeye pork chops
and 5 center cut chops I cut up and had frozen
will use my rub on em...looking for 145 internal -- with hickory chips

maybe get it started around 1 or 2 o'clock

 

[noboundaries]

Looks like a great start!

 

[tropics]

Looks good nice start!
I picked up a Beef eye round yesterday for $1.99 a pound
Richie

 

[griz400]

here is the chops..rubbed down..


sauteed up mushrooms and peppers

loaded meatloaf with Velveeta, mushrooms, peppers


loaded smoker,

made some sauce for the top, mixed in bowl equal parts of sweet baby rays , ketchup, and chili sauce


It's all on, looking for 165 on meatloaf, laid it on foil ..
looking for 145 on chops, made a drip pan from foil under chops..
also wrapped water pan with foil.. and added water to it as well.
set grill for 230 deg

 

[griz400]

Tell you what .. smokes up pretty fast ... chops are done ... guess took about 1 1/2 hrs ... normal time I guess ... pulled em at 145 .. wrapped em up and letting rest ...


meatloaf is only at 130 deg internal

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks real good!
Man you have been smoking up a storm lately! ;)

Al

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks real good!
Man you have been smoking up a storm lately! ;)

Al

 

[griz400]

Just breaking in a new smoker Al... never had an electric smoker, always an offset ....

 

[griz400]

Well .. looks like this will be real good .. wife is going to make some mashed potatoes and some creamed spinach... will show a money shot later ... here is what the meatloaf came out like ...



decided to add 4 slices of Velveeta to the top and let it all rest ... btw .. I never smoked a meatloaf ,, only burgers .. lol ...



letting it all rest .. a little later will plate it and show money shot ....

 

[tropics]

Jeff that whole thing is looking like I should dispose of it for you,only because I am a nice guy LOL
Richie
Show me the Money

 

[griz400]

About an hr or so ... all the other sides just getting started ... cheese inside meatloaf has to firm some .. And I added cheese to top ...

 

[griz400]

here we go .. all done ... money shot ... corn, mashed potatoes , creamed spinach ..

 

[tropics]

Jeff that looks great haven't had creme spinach in decades
Likes what you did
Richie

 

[chopsaw]

Looks like you hit the meat loaf right on the money .

 

[griz400]

Thanks Richie ..thanks for the point as well ... comfort food 101 ... lol .. we ate a chop when it came off smoker, was real good as well.. eating chops tomorrow night ... lol ... was a successful smoke on a new smoker ... thanx again .....

 

[griz400]

Thanks chopsaw ... turned out good for first smoke on new smoker ..

 

[tropics]

Thanks Richie ..thanks for the point as well ... comfort food 101 ... lol .. we ate a chop when it came off smoker, was real good as well.. eating chops tomorrow night ... lol ... was a successful smoke on a new smoker ... thanx again .....

Good for you my first MES 40 was a gen #2
I thought I was working for Masterbuilt 3 controls in 30 days LOL
Richie

 

[griz400]

hundred dollar smoker worked like a charm ... waiting for my pellet maze amnps .. next week ...

 

[chopsaw]

hundred dollar smoker worked like a charm ... waiting for my pellet maze amnps .. next week ...

Glad you're happy so far . I got my 30 in 2013 for 149.00 . Great price back then . Took me a bit to learn it . I hated it early on . Once I got the 12" amzn tube , mail box , a good therm and learned its limitations , I love it . I've used it almost every weekend for 4 years . Ran it 8 hours yesterday ,,, 6 hours today .
Find the threads on doin the nuts and snack pretzels ,,, addictive .

 

[griz400]

thanks chopsaw, BBQ turned out nice ..