# Would you say that you "baked a meatloaf"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 15, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088 "2021-04-15T16:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088/61 "2021-04-18T17:27:32Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > When I make meatloaf on the smoker, there’s no loaf pan. It’s a freeform loaf, similar to a boule or round sourdough (but more resembling, ahem, a cow pie at the end). It can be pretty loose at first so I put it on a piece of foil over a rack with a drip tray. After a little while it sets up and I take away the foil so the smoke can reach every part of the surface. It doesn’t look like what most people expect meatloaf to be but it certainly is. Not that I don’t also like a more traditional oven baked pan formed meatloaf, either. I gotta try this. But I think I’ll just use a shallow pan like I do in the oven, it will still get plenty of smoke. Are you using any kind of seasoning meant to complement smoke? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088/62 "2021-04-18T18:06:36Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Are you using any kind of seasoning meant to complement smoke? Not really. I’ve been using variations of this one for years but never perfectly followed and often with significant deviations (for example, those times I’ve realized too late that I didn’t have any breadcrumbs). However, any traditional recipe should work fine. The glaze is pretty good if perhaps a bit sweet. > **[Ole Man Jim's Meat Loaf](https://tvwbb.com/threads/ole-man-jims-meat-loaf.28144/)** > > Reposting this recipe here from the Beginner's Forum. > > \----------- > > Many people are raving about this recipe. I think it came from Q-Fest in Glen Rose, TX...not the Jack Daniels like I had thought. Anyway, it is great, I just had some for... ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088/63 "2021-04-18T18:51:31Z")
100% of the time I’d say I “made” meatloaf. Or _a_ meatloaf. I’d reserve “baked” for, well, baked goods. If someone said “Hey, guess what I’m baking?” my first guesses would be bread/cake/cookies. But I’d also say “baked” if it was a dish that could be prepared several ways, one of which was in the oven. Not too many examples, but poultry would be one: Baked chicken, as opposed to fried. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088/64 "2021-04-18T19:23:56Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I gotta try this. But I think I’ll just use a shallow pan like I do in the oven, it will still get plenty of smoke. Are you using any kind of seasoning meant to complement smoke? - I’ve baked/made/smoked meatloaf in a 9x9 pan in the smoker and it’s been great. I’ve also done it free form on a baking stone in the smoker. Also great, but messier. For my regular meatloaf, the one that inspired this thread, I used a 2 piece meatloaf pan that has holes in the upper pan to allow grease to collect in the bottom pan. Highly recommended but it would definitely cut down on the smoke saturation so I only use it in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088/65 "2021-04-18T22:28:52Z")
Not entirely true. There’s an old recipe from Fannie Farmer called [German Loaf](https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/fannie-merritt-farmer/a-new-book-of-cookery-mra/page-8-a-new-book-of-cookery-mra.shtml) that is boiled. (Scroll down a bit) I’ve made it and it’s good if different from the typical meatloaf. Makes nice sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088/66 "2021-04-18T23:25:43Z")
Last night, I made a fish loaf, which was pretty good if I say so myself. And yes, I baked it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-say-that-you-baked-a-meatloaf/940088.md?page=3)