Smoked Bbq Bacon Meatloaf Recipes

SMOKED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Prepare a smoker for cooking at 225 degrees F.
• Put ground beef and ground pork in a large bowl.
• Stir together dry mustard, paprika, basil, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, salt and pepper in a second bowl. Add the barbecue sauce, breadcrumbs and eggs to the spice mixture and stir well.
• Pour over the ground meat mixture.
• Using your hands, mix together until the color is even.
• Put meatloaf in a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Reshape the mixture into a loaf. Smoke over indirect heat until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, 3 to 3 1/2 hours.

BBQ BACON-WRAPPED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x11-inch baking dish.
• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until edges just start to curl, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels. Reserve about 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in the skillet.
• Cook and stir onion and garlic in the bacon drippings until onion is softened, 6 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
• Mix cooled onion and garlic, ground beef, 1/2 cup barbeque sauce, bread crumbs, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, oregano, and chili powder together with your hands in a large bowl. Form beef mixture into a log-shaped meatloaf; place in the prepared baking dish.
• Wrap partially-cooked bacon slices around the meatloaf, tucking the ends of bacon underneath the loaf.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes. Brush bacon-wrapped meatloaf with 3 tablespoons barbeque sauce. Continue baking until no longer pink in the center, about 10 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.