If your a Like a bit of spice
and the flavor of Blue Cheese, you
will enjoy this meatloaf recipe.
It's loaded with flavor!
First things first. Get your
cooker pre-heating to 230 - 240
degrees.
Dice one large sweet onion and
chop 2 cloves fresh garlic. In a
large sauce pan melt 1/2 stick
butter over medium high heat.
Add the diced onions and sauté
until the onions begin to brown
a little. Stir in the two cloves
chopped garlic and continue to sauté
until the onions caramelize. Be
careful not to burn the garlic.
I tend to add the garlic about
3/4 the way through cooking the
onions. Once done remove from
heat and let cool.
Next chop 1/4 cup of sliced
Jalapeno peppers from the jar.
Set these aside for later.
Now we will work on the wet
mixture for the meatloaf. In a
medium mixing bowl combine the
following.
3 Eggs 1/2 Cup Franks
Original Red Hot Sauce 1/4 Cup
Lighthouse Blue Cheese Dressing
1 Tsp. Sea Salt 2 Tsp. Coarse
Ground Black Pepper
Thoroughly mix the ingredients
with a whisk or fork. In a large
mixing bowl add 3 lbs. 80/20
ground beef and 1 lbs. Jeneo Hot
Turkey Sausage. The sausage will
add some nice flavor to the
meatloaf. Using your hand
quickly mix in the turkey and
poke a bunch of holes into the
meat.
Pour in the liquid mixture
spreading it evenly over the
meat. Add in the onions and
Jalapeno's. Using your hands,
thoroughly mix everything into
the meat. It will be very moist
at first but the longer you mix
the firmer the meat will become.
Next add the Blue Cheese
crumbles and thoroughly mix them
into the meat.
Once the meat has been mixed
place it into the fridge and let
it sit for at least one hour.
This lets all the flavors meld
together and get happy.
In a small mixing bowl combine
1/2 stick melted butter and 1/2
cup Franks Original Red Hot
Sauce. Thoroughly mix this all
together and then let stand at
room temp. As the butter cools
it will thicken up a little to
make a nice Buffalo sauce for
mopping.
Once the meat has rested in the
fridge for an hour, it's time to
get ready to form the Meatloaf.
This is a great time to pre-heat
your cooker to 230 - 240
degrees. If you are cooking on a
conventional wood pit then start
your pre-heating process when
you put the meat in the fridge
to rest.
Place the meat on a greased
baking sheet and form it into
the shape of a meatloaf. Once
formed, sprinkle on some sea
salt and coarse ground black
pepper. The amount you put on is
entirely up to you. I put a
liberal coating on mine.
Transfer the meatloaf to a
greased smoking rack. Next mop
the top and sides of the
meatloaf with a liberal coating
of the Buffalo Sauce.
Once your cooker reaches 230 -
240 degrees place the meatloaf
in the center of the cooker. The
target internal
temperature is 160 degrees F. In
this cook I'm cooking on the
Yoder YS640 burning Green
Mountain Southern Pecan pellets.
When the internal meat temp
reaches 135 degrees mop the
meatloaf with the Buffalo sauce
and continue cooking.
Once the meatloaf reaches 160
degrees internal temp remove it
from your cooker. Cover with
foil and let stand 15 minutes.
Slice and serve your Buffalo
Blue Cheese Meatloaf!
This is a very easy recipe to
make and requires little
preparation time.
Enjoy the meatloaf!
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Beef
Temperature Chart
Doneness |
Internal Temperature |
Rare
Medium-Rare
Medium
Medium-Well
Well Done |
140 Degrees
145 Degrees
150 Degrees
155 Degrees
160+ Degrees |
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