Smoked Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf – Cheeseburger Style

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All the goodness of smoked bacon wrapped meatloaf with the added kick of cheeseburger style ingredients! This smoked recipe is a fun upgrade to an American classic.

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Smoked Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

Hello fellow smokers! It’s been awhile since we’ve shared any of our creations with you. Though we’ve been away for sometime, we never stopped using our smoker and making new dishes that we are excited to share.

Our welcome-back smoked recipe is all about the meat. Smoked meatloaf is something to drool over all in itself right? Wrap it in bacon and cheeseburger style ingredients and you’ve got a fun, guest-impressing new dinner!

This recipe was born out of our kids not liking meatloaf for some reason but always begging for cheeseburgers and devouring bacon anytime it’s in the house.

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Smoked Meatloaf Wrapped in Bacon Recipe

Let’s dive right in!

Equipment

The equipment you’ll need for this recipe includes a smoker, a sheet pan, a large mixing bowl, knife to cube your cheese & chop your pickles, a food processor to slice your onion, measuring utensils and an oven.

Ingredients

Ingredients you’ll need for this meatloaf are 4 pounds of ground beef, 3 eggs, 1 cup of breadcrumbs, 1/2 of a white onion (chopped), 2 tablespoons of dry smoking rub, 1/2 cup of chopped kosher dill pickles, 3/4 of a pound of cubed cheese chunks and 8 slices of thick cut bacon to wrap the loaf in. For the glaze you’ll need 3/4 of a cup of ketchup, 2 tablespoons of white vinegar, 4 tablespoons of brown sugar and garlic, salt & pepper to taste.

Instructions

Now to fun part 🙂 Start your smoker and set to 180 degrees. While the smoker preheats, make your loaf!

Place your ground beef on your sheet pan. Top with 3 eggs and mix with hands. Next, place chopped pickles, cubed cheese chunks, chopped onion, seasoning and breadcrumbs on top of meat. Combine fully with your hands. FIRMLY mold your mixture into a loaf. Place on a sheet pan and wrap in bacon. If you’re worried your loaf may fall apart, place it in a loaf pan OR freeze for 1 hour prior to smoking.

Place sheet pan with meatloaf into smoker at 180 degrees for 1 hour. Next, remove the meatloaf from the smoker and increase the temperature to 225 degrees. Glaze your meatloaf and place back in smoker for 1 hour or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Pull the meatloaf from your smoker and turn it off. Turn on the broiler in your oven and place the sheet pan with the meatloaf inside to crisp the bacon. cook until desired texture is reached, about 6-8 minutes. Remove from the broiler and let rest to firm. Slice the meatloaf and serve. This pairs great with french fries, corn on the cob, cottage cheese and all your other favorite cheeseburger sides! My family personally is always a fan of rolls. With butter of course!

Recipe For Smoked Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

Notes For Smoked Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

This recipe can definitely be scaled down for smaller families. Cut the ingredients in half (use 2 eggs) and you’ll get the same dish in a smaller portion.

There has been talk of freezing meatloaf’s for an hour or so prior to smoking it to help it keep it’s shape. We did not use this step, we just made sure to firmly pack together our loaf. If you are worried about your meatloaf falling apart you can make it in a pan or add the step of freezing it once it’s fully shaped.

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