Monster Smoked Meatloaf

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 240 min
Servings: 20
Yield: 20 servings

Description

This monster smoked meatloaf recipe is a beef and sausage meatloaf flavored with chunky salsa, barbecue sauce, and malt vinegar and smoked for hours.

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) jar chunky salsa
4 eggs
1 onion, chopped
1/4 cup barbeque sauce
1/4 cup mustard
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons sriracha sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons malt vinegar
1 (1 1/4 ounce) packet meatloaf seasoning mix
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
5 pounds ground beef, broken into small chunks
2 pounds sausage, broken into small chunks
1 cup bread crumbs, or more as needed
2 tablespoons barbeque glaze (such as Jack Daniel's®)
2 tablespoons barbeque sauce
2 tablespoons mustard
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

1 Stir salsa, eggs, onion, ¼ cup barbecue sauce, ¼ cup mustard, ¼ cup ketchup, Parmesan cheese, Sriracha sauce, soy sauce, malt vinegar, meatloaf seasoning mix, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper together in a large bowl; stir in beef and sausage until thoroughly mixed. Add enough bread crumbs to bring meatloaf mixture together.
2 Line a container with plastic wrap with several inches overhang; pack meatloaf mixture into the container. Refrigerate until set, 3 to 4 hours.
3 Preheat a smoker to 250 degrees F (121 degrees C) and add wood chips according to manufacturer's directions.
4 Line a wire rack with aluminum foil; place in an aluminum foil-lined cake pan. Lift meatloaf onto the prepared rack using the plastic wrap overhang; discard plastic wrap.
5 Smoke meatloaf until no longer pink in the center, about 3 hours.
6 Combine barbecue glaze, 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce, 2 tablespoons mustard, 2 tablespoons ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl; baste meatloaf with topping.
7 Continue smoking until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center reads 185 degrees F (85 degrees C), 1 to 2 hours more.