OK so I wanted to do something a little different for Father's day, so I decided to do a meatloaf on the smoker.
Did a light sautee on some poblano peppers, red onions and portabella mushrooms. Just enough to soften them up. Next was a mixture of 2lbs 90/10 ground beef and 1b of spicy Italian sausage. blended in the pepper/onion/mushroom mix. Added in a little BBQ sauce, an egg and some seasoned bread crumbs to firm it up. Made a loaf and topped it with bacon strips.
Cooked it on the smoker at 250 to 270 for roughly 2.5 hours until the internal temp was around 165 degrees. I coated the top of the loaf with BBQ sauce when it was around 150 degrees and let it carmelize until the loaf reached 165.
Let it rest for a few minutes whilst making the sides and sliced it up.
Paired all this with some Lager from Allstadt Brewery in Fredericksburg, TX.
Let me tell you, this was fantastic!!