Smoked Rulo Stefani (Smoked Meatloaf)
Servings: 6 people. Prep time 15 mins, cook time 4 hrs, total time 4 hrs 15 mins. A Jack Daniels smoked meatloaf stuffed with pepper jack cheese and glazed with a whiskey barbecue sauce. Video available. Adapted from heygrillhey.com.
⏱️ Prep: 15 min🍳 Cook: 240 min
Ingredients
| 2 pounds | 905 g | ground beef |
| 0.5 cup | 120 ml | panko bread crumbs |
| 0.5 | medium red onion, grated | |
| 2 cloves | garlic, minced | |
| 2 | eggs, lightly beaten | |
| 1 Tablespoon | 15 ml | Worcestershire sauce |
| 2 Tablespoons | 30 ml | Jack Daniels whiskey |
| 1 Tablespoon | 15 ml | homemade steak rub (or your favorite steak rub) |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | milk |
| 6 oz | 170 g | pepper jack cheese, cut into strips |
| 0.5 cup | 120 ml | ketchup (for the sauce) |
| 0.33 cup | 79 ml | brown sugar (for the sauce) |
| 0.25 cup | 60 ml | Jack Daniels whiskey (for the sauce) |
| 1 Tablespoon | 15 ml | homemade steak rub (for the sauce) |
| 2 teaspoons | 10 ml | crushed red pepper flakes (for the sauce) |
Instructions
- Preheat your smoker to 225 degrees F for indirect smoking. This meatloaf is awesome with hickory or oak wood.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef, bread crumbs, red onion, garlic, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, Jack Daniels, and milk. Mix gently with your hands until just combined. Don't overwork the meat or your meatloaf will be tough and chewy, just gently mix.
- Spread half of your meatloaf mixture on the bottom of a grill basket. Layer on the pepper jack cheese, leaving about an inch of meatloaf on all sides. Top with the remaining meatloaf mixture and press the edges together to seal completely. Any exposed holes and the cheese will leak out while cooking.
- In a small bowl, combine the ingredients for the sauce and then pour over the top of the meatloaf, letting it run down the sides a little bit.
- Place the meatloaf on the smoker, close the lid, and smoke for 4 hours or until the internal temperature reads 165 degrees F. Let the meatloaf rest for a few minutes before slicing and serving.