Smoked Meatloaf with Caramelized Onion Gravy 

I have been preachin' the gospel of smoking meatloaf for years. Glad to see you take it to the masses. I use a 50/50 mix of ground beef and ground pork, and hate carrots, so I use the cajun trinity. I love the idea of the mushrooms mixed with your bread crumbs -- I'll be using that soon. I also want to use ground brisket for the beef half of my next loaf. I don't have an offset, but find my Weber Kettle set up for indirect cooking works fine. My meatloaf mix is similar to a meatball mix, so I can chill it in the fridge, then easily form it into a log with no pan, and put it straight on the grill grate with a drip pan below. Thanks for the ideas, and for spreading the word about smoked meatloaf.

The mushroom usage and the binder is phenomenal. Awesome job dude.

This channel needs more subs. Love actually cooking the veggies that go inside, I hate when people add them raw. Great recipe as always.

That "wow" with the reveal should be my new notification sound on my phone.

You had me at « smoked meatloaf ». Had no idea this was a thing!

I never would have thought about using mushrooms in my meat loaf. Gotta try it. Thanks, Chef Tom!

CHEF TOM IS ROCKIN' IT HERE ! THANK YOU SIR !

I've made smoked meatloaf multiple times. One of my favorites

Thank you Chef Tom I'm now looking forward to making smoked meatloaf with onion gravy. Yum

Love ALL the ingredients in that masterpiece. Gonna try it 😋

Just started watching this channel, and seriously one of the best chefs to watch on YT. Excellent food, calm demeanor, and great visuals. Watching from South Africa. Also, awesome shout out to chef Kenji! Keep doing your thing!

This is by far the BEST meatloaf I ever made. I used high temp cheddar instead of cheese curds because it's what I had on hand. Thank you Chef Tom.

Use my Loaded Wichita to smoke a lot of meat loaf! Thanks for including stick burners in your videos.

That looks like quintessential midwest comfort food! Great job Cef Tom!!

Oh man. This is joining my recipe list for sure!!!

Wow, that looked amazing! Nice touch with the onion gravy, I could have eaten that whole pan.

Bro. I love stepped up meatloaf on the smoker! Leave it to you guys to go next level with that gravy!!!

This is pretty darned good. BUT, sometime try this... Before you put the mix in the pan, make a bacon weave a little oversize. Line the pan with that, put in the mix, take the ends and wrap them up over the top (bottom soon,) and go from there!!! Freaky amazing!

Potatoes! And it is Perfect!

Looks incredible

this is what i do for birthday dinner every year! will be trying the gravy now!

Its a meatloaf. BUT....its likely the most ridiculously delicious meat loaf ever. Home run hit right there Chef Tom!

That's Nothing. At home in MI, we got a place in Detroit called Harry's with a Meatloaf stuffed with roasted brussel sprouts on a bed of Jalapeno Butternut Squash. Best damn thing I ever tasted!

12:50 Add a little creamy-ness or rich-ness over the top-ness.... Thats what I'm saying Chef!!!! ❤💯

Good cooking, Sir.

Looks Fantasticness. thank you Chef Tomness.

Made this complete recipe tonight on my Weber kettle with hardwood lump charcoal and a couple of chunks of oak...WOW! Hats off to you Chef Tom, it was AMAZING! I didn't have cheese curds so cubed up some jalapeno cheddar. That gravy is ridiculously good.

Flavor base

Wonderful Tom

I never considered processing the veggies... gonna need to try that

Chud's BBQ has done it

yum tasty dish

Made this tonight with mods based on what I had avail. Couple things to improve on my side but all n all it came out really well and the gravy was 🔥 thx Tom

Luv this recipe!

The problem with me I'll so turned around to get that meatloaf ready Q can you come over and prepared the meat loaf 👍

Welp, I know what I'm doing this weekend. I about melted when Tom said "Imagine that over the top of some mashed potatoes."

No onion gravy in the beard?! We’ve been jipped! Looks great Chef Tom!

Where does one find that cast iron pan you had. That things awesome. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Chef, great looking dish. I love the mushrooms in the meat. It really wakes up hamburger. Which offset are you I using?

I just looked and you don’t have a beef stew recipe online. Pls fix that.

If you were to do multiple meatloaves like this on a YS640 instead of a offset, would you decrease the temp, or just add a smoke tube to increase flavor?

Just when I thought there wasn't anything better than your smoked meatloaf with the bean buddy in it! What stovetop cooker is that?

Needs more bread crumbs without soaking them. It’s to crumbly of a loaf

hmmmmmm ! added to the recipe list !!

What kind of food processor is that? Thanks for the vid!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Hey Tom, have you ever looked into KC Cattle Company? Another great local meat vendor. If you have a few minutes give them a look.

This was really a good recipe then Chef Tom throws down some cheese curds!?! That makes it over the top good!!

Can you turn this meatloaf into a sausage? Stuff casings, cure and smoke off. Mashed potatoes, French onion gravy, sausage on top. I guess the benefit is retaining the grease and juice.

Action Bronson smokes stuff besides fat dabs??

Probably tasted amazing but it was borderline falling apart. When you use more bread crumbs it does make the loaf stiffer and dryer, but with big eaters you can stretch your loves farther.

Could you omit the mushrooms?

What is the fat content of the brisket ground beef? I’m thinking of trying this recipe with ground venison and beef fat.

says not to overwork the meat, proceeds to overwork the absolute hell out of the meat

Love any reference to Kenji. Man is a godsend to scientific cooking @JKenjiLopezAlt. This meatloaf looks incredible.

nice and all, but good meatloaf has to hold together

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Yeessss !!!!

Bruh... knock it off. My tastebuds are on this app.

for some reason i always feel cringe when someone calls themselves "chef" ... still has pretty cool content

yes folks, le'ts cut the camera when the meatloaf was falling apart into pieces lol

You ain't right

I'll try the gravy but for me, the cheese curds are a big NO.

What a great tip, turning it up-side down!! I saw a video about using water while caramelizing the onions!! Works great. Check it out. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ImzHlWdalhc.html

you lost me with the MUSHROOMS!

That looks almost illegal.

For the love of God stop putting carrots and celery in meatloaf 🤦‍♂️ YT fam! Chud did this too. Side bar... I throw a log of cheddar jack in the middle (you'll thank me later) 💯

Do you have the same agenda as Kenji? He's pushing way more than food. I don't watch him or you, now.

Well I’m convinced that now these videos are only to promote and sell bbq rubs and sauces.

Your use of the cheese curds was perfectly beautiful Tom! Congrats! I think I cried a little when I saw those going into the mix. I'm gonna make this with ground Elk and Beef brisket. I wanna make some cheese curd brats with nice thick whole curds stuffed into em - Unless you beat me to it!

i put in 1/4 pork with the 3/4 beef in my meat loafs, adds some flavor and fat

Wisconsin girl loving cheese curds in meatloaf 😍

This looks amazing but I'm curious why you did a ketchup/sweet topping while also doing a gravy? I've never been a fan of the ketchup style topping on meatloaf because I'm more of a savory taste bud person but I'm definitely going to try this with the onion gravy! I've never cooked a meatloaf on the grill but soooooooooo going to now! Haha! Loving your channel as a newbie sub! #GirlsGrillToo! 😛

You had me at "deliciousness."

That onion gravy is making me HUNGRY!!!!

Do you ship seasonings to Canada

Nice have you ever tried , hard-boiled eggs wrapped in cheese along the centerline ? nice variation there...

Ultimate meatloaf has been created.

Chef, you have knocked it out of the park with this one. 😊

The names of your videos make me hungry. I know git cooking

I bet that gravy would be good on a chick fried steak.

I say this with the utmost respect and keen interest - wtf are you wearing? Is that a sweater?

Comfort food soooooo good

Thanks CT

OMG

Do I have to crush my garlic before it’s completely annihilated? 😂

What burner plate is best bang for your buck?

Nice job!

mmmmmmmmm yum

It's just shy of 8 PM on Feb 19,2023. We finished the dinner few minutes ago. I started prepping and basically cooking around 3 PM, so by no means this is a quick and easy meal, but by far... this IS THE BEST MEATLOAF I have ever made and tasted. Granted, I did forego the cheese, used my fav Meat Church spices and made it in the Traeger, but oh my Dear Lord... Even my anti-meat wife vaccummed this up like a champ and asked for more. It sure goes on a permanent weekend menu, no questions asked. It's not a quick weekday cook by any stretch, but it's so worth the effort if you have time.

Wow, would love to taste that!! On the Yoder 640

He had me until the mention of mushrooms.

Looks amazing! I have had really good luck wrapping Meatloaf it in a frog mat that is pinned closed with skewers. Its holds it in shape and you get that crunch exterior over the whole thing.

Now that's a meatloaf I'd enjoy.. all the others I've ever had were all dry.. thanks for the recipe son 👍☺

I despised meatloaf as a kid and have just recently been re-introduced to it. Now, as a fan of meatloaf, I am looking forward to trying yours because it looks pretty awesome.

Are you kidding me chef? This looks AMAZING! I've gotta try this. Thanks for sharing!

You had me with the mushrooms, but lost me with the cheese curds. But man does it look good!

Love seeing you cook on the Yoder Smokers Wichita! We love ours and enjoy trying your recipes on our stick burner 🔥

I don’t even like meatloaf but this looks amazing!!!

I will most definitely be trying the meatloaf recipe however, I already took pork chops out for tonight and I think your onion gravy would taste fantastic with the them! Thank you for the inspiration 🖤