Meatloaf

• Place the ground beef into a large bowl.
• Add the panko bread crumbs, whole milk, eggs, chopped parsley, chopped onion, kosher salt, black pepper, chopped garlic, Worcestershire sauce, sweet paprika, and dry oregano to the bowl.
• Use your hands or a spoon to combine the ingredients together making sure not to overhandle the mixture.

  *Overmixing will result in a tough meatloaf.
• Wrap the meatloaf mixture with cling wrap and place it in the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes or overnight if time permits.
• While the meatloaf mixture is resting in the refrigerator, make the glaze.
• Add the barbecue sauce, ketchup, apple cider vinegar, table salt, and black pepper to a small bowl and stir to combine. Set aside until needed.

  If making the sauce in advance, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.
• Remove the mixture from the refrigerator, then turn the mixture onto parchment paper, and form it into a loaf.

  *Do your best to make it an even size loaf and not too thick in different parts this will allow for a more even cook
• Place the meatloaf on a wire rack placed over a foil pan to catch the drippings. Cooking it this way allows the entire surface of the meatloaf to be smoked.

  *You can also place the meatloaf directly in a baking dish.
• Preheat the smoker to 250 degrees F. Let the meatloaf come to room temperature as the smoker preheats.
• Add your favorite wood chips to the smoke tube. For this recipe, we used hickory wood chips.

  Continue to add wood chips to the smoker throughout the first hour to make sure the meatloaf gets as much smokey flavor as possible.
• Place a probe into the center of the meatloaf and place it in the smoker.
• After one hour, remove the meatloaf from the smoker and coat it with the glaze. Return it to the smoker and continue to cook until it reaches an internal temperature of 155 degrees.
• At 155 degrees, remove the smoked meatloaf from the smoker and brush it again with the glaze.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and green peas, or your favorite side dishes.
• You can also serve the meatloaf with brown gravy.