Pellet Smoker Cooking: Sunday Meatloaf, Corn Pudding and Potatoes

July 28, 2013

It was a cool and windy day today. After I had my corn and meatloaf mixed up I was sitting on my smoking deck with a cold one. It kept looking like rain so I dropped the north wall canvas. When I started cooking the heat from the smoker felt good.

It was fun cooking since I was trying two new recipes. When I was getting the ground chuck at my butchers I spotted some fresh kraut brats and got two of them to add. I was thinking ketchup base does not sound good but mustard and sour cream does. I used some Saucy Sows sauce for the mustard.

My wife wanted to eat at 6:00. I knew the 2 pound meatloaf would take 1 ½ hours on my Traeger at 300 deg. That gives me 325 deg. at grill level. I always do them to an IT of 160 deg. I got the meatloaf on at 4:30.

My corn pudding recipe was adapted from Katie Lee at Food & Wine. It said to bake at 350 deg. for a half hour. I figured 45 min. at 325 should do it. I had mixed it all but the shredded cheese and eggs, so I added those after I got the meatloaf on and put it in the smoker at 5:15. I nuked some baby gold potatoes for 4 min. with some butter and seasoning. I got those on the smoker at 5:25 in my wire basket.

At 6:00 the meatloaf was almost done but my corn was not. Time for plan B; I turned the smoker down to smoke mode and heated my inside oven to 400 deg. I put the corn in the oven and brought the meatloaf and potatoes in to rest. In 8 minutes the corn was nice and brown and set up.

I served it up with some bolillo rolls and my gorgonzola butter. I had made some brown gravy with a packet of Pioneer brand mix.

My wife said the meatloaf is good! I liked it too; I had the gravy over the meat and potatoes. We were just done eating and our daughter in law came in. I said there is food if you’re hungry, she took a sample of the meatloaf and said that’s good. When she sat down that veggie girl had a big slice of the meatloaf on her plate! The meatloaf recipe is a keeper for me.

Printable Meatloaf Recipe

Corn simmering in 2 cups milk and 1/2 cup cream for 10 minutes