BBQ Meatloaf

Here's my BBQ meatloaf recipe that I have been using for a while now. 

Ingredients

• 1LBS Lean ground beef
• 1LBS ground pork
• 1 cup fresh bread crumbs
• 1 onion, diced
• 4 cloves of garlic minced
• 1 TBSP onion powder
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 TBSP fresh ground black pepper
• 1 ¼ cup tomato sauce
• ½ cup BULL'S EYE BBQ Sauce or your favorite BBQ sauce
• 3 TBSP vinegar
• 3 TBSP brown sugar
• 2 TBSP Mustard
• 2 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
• Thick slices of bacon 

Directions

Preheat your Joe to 350 degrees F. for indirect cooking;

In a large bowl stir together the tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, vinegar, sugar,

Mustard, and Worcestershire set aside this will be your sauce that we will be using;

Mix together the beef, bread crumbs, onion, garlic, egg, salt, pepper, onion powder and 1/2 cup of the sauce.

Once the meat is well mixed form it into two loaf using aluminum loaf pans;

Coat the top of the meatloaf with the remaining sauce;

Now places a few slices of thick bacon on top of them;

It’s now time to roast them in the BBQ till internal loaf temp reaches 160 degrees.

Ounce it has reached internal temp of 160 degrees drain the fat liquid from them and roast another 5-10 minutes;

Enjoy and Bonne appetite! 

Meat-Italian Burgers

Today my son came up with the ideal of making burgers with ground beef and ground hot Italian Sausage. He decided to call them Meat-Italian Burgers. These are extremely flavorful and the burst of flavors you get in each bites are incredible. These are definitely the best burger I ever had in a long while. These are pretty easy to make but a little time consuming.

Ingredients:

• 1 lbs of lean ground beef
• 1 lbs of ground hot Italian sausage 
• 3 tbsp of Club House Roasted Garlic and Peppers
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 2 tbsp chives
• 1 tsp of Montreal Spices
• 1 Sweet onion chopped
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1 1/2 tbsp fresh ground black peppers
• 2 tbsp HP sauce
• 1 red pepper quartered
• Onion rings
• Hamburger Buns
• Ketchup
• American cheese slices
• Mustard
• Robert Rothshild Roasted Pineapple & Habanero sauce (found at Costco)
• Sliced tomatoes

Directions:

In a large bowl blend the ground beef, ground Italian sausage, black peppers, HP sauce, chopped sweet onion, chives, onion powder, garlic powder, Club House Roasted Garlic and Peppers, and Montreal Spices. Ensure that its well blended;

Shape the ground meat mixture in large patties and place in refrigerator for 1 hour;

Pre-heat your Joe for direct grilling with the grill on the upper section of the Divide and Conquer rack to a temp of  375 degrees;

Place the burger patties on the grill and cook till halfway done then flip them;

Once you flip the burger halfway through the cook its time to grill the red peppers and onion rings;

Once the burgers are cook to your taste melt a slice of american cheese on them;

Now remove burgers, onion rings and red peppers from grill and set aside;

Now coat your burger buns with butter and grille them;

Once buns are grilled to perfection removed from grill;

Assembly of the burgers:

place bottom grilled bun on a plate and coat with Robert Rothshild Roasted Pineapple & Habanero sauce;

Place burger patty on top;

Lay onion rings on top of burger;

Place roasted red peppers on top;

Place slice of tomato on top;

Sprinkle some fresh ground black pepper on top of tomato;

Now put some ketchup and mustard on top and place the top bun on the burger and enjoy!

Bonne appetite! 

Cheese stuff Bell peppers

Today I decided to cook some stuff peppers on my Joe. My wife and daughter have been asking me to make some of these for about a week now. They are pretty easy to make and are very tasty!

Ingredients

• 1 lbs. of Extra Lean Ground Beef
• 6 Large Bell Peppers
• 2 Clove of Garlic
• 1 Can of diced tomatoes
• ½ TBSP Kosher Salt
• 2 TBSP HP Sauce
• 1-Cup cheddar cheese, shredded
• 2 TBSP Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Chopped one sweet onion in small pieces

Mince to clove of fresh garlic

Pre-heat your Kamado Joe for direct cooking at 350 degrees

Cook your ground beef, onion, garlic, black pepper, kosher salt in a cast iron frying pan. Stir frequently.

Meanwhile cook ½ cup of rice

Ounce ground beef is cooked drain fat from pan.

Now add 1 can of Drained Diced tomatoes, HP Sauce and the cooked rice to the ground beef and cook for a few more minutes

Add diced tomatoes

 Add HP sauce

Add cooked Rice

Cut off the tops of Bell peppers; discard seeds and membranes.

Now remove the stuffing from the BBQ and mix in the cheese to taste

Coat the bottom of the peppers whit Parmesan cheese

Filled the peppers with the stuffing

Grill on the BBQ at 350 for 30 minutes and in the last 5 minutes add any remaining cheese to the top of the peppers.

25 minutes in

 Top with cheese

 Ready

Bonne Appetite!