Breakfast log "fatty"

BBQ for breakfast? why not? It's never too early to start your grill!

Preparation: 1 hour
Pickling: none
Brining: none
Cooking: 2 hours
Resting: 30 min


Ingredients

• 2 packs of bacon
• 2-3 pounds of ground beef
• Black Pepper
• 3 Large potato
• 4 shallots
• Cheddar cheese (2 cups or to taste)
• Jack Daniels (optional)

preparation:

1. Boil the potatoes and reserve.
2. Braid the bacon. (a square as long as large)
3. On the center make a flat 1/2 inch square of ground beef leaving a little bit of space on each side.
4. Add ground pepper.
5. Mash the potatoes and add the chopped shallots and cheese and compress it in a "fatty piston".
6. Add one or two row of the mash potatoes mix.
7. Roll and grill at 300 F until 165F internal temp. (pour some Jack Daniels on top for an extra taste!)

Serve a large slice on an english muffin with an egg on top!  Best breakfast ever!

Note: Leftovers can be reheated in a frying pan until the potato center is light brown. Some people want it saltier, add salt in the beef and potatoes...

BBQ Meatloaf "Royal with cheese" and Bacon!

I bought my Kamado Joe BBQ smoker because they say you can cook anything in it. So i decided to try one thing that everyone have eat at least one time in their lives, meatloaf. I don't especially love meatloaf, I find that often too dry, so to prevent that ( yes i was inspired by a certain sausage from my Gourmet Hog recipe!) i added cheese to make it juicier  and bacon to make it tastier ( every thing is tastier with bacon!)
Preparation: 30 min
Pickling: none
Brining: none
Cooking: 2 1/2 hour


Ingredients

3 pounds Ground beef
1pound  Bacon
1/2 pound Shredded cheddar cheese
1.5 Cups Bread crumbs
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup Ketchup
1/4 Cup  Mustard
1 Large onion
Maple syrup

Preparation:

1. Cook the bacon and cut it into medium to large piece
2. Mix the bacon, beef, eggs, cheese, bread crumbs and 1/3 of the Ketchup and mustard mix.
3. slather the whole thing with the rest of the Ketchup/Mustard mix
4. Cook it in the Kamado in a veggie basket (or any BBQ) at 275F until it reach 150F
5. Meanwhile fry the onion and add a little maple syrup at the end.
6. When the meatloaf have a 150F internal temperature, place fried onions on top and let in cook until it reach 165F internal temp.

Notes: I find that a Kamado is the best device to cook it, it gives the particular charcoal taste to the whole thing.