Meatloaf ... Thanks @hapster

Saw Hap's post this morning and immediately knew what I was having for dinner.  Have been wanting to fire up my meat grinder attachment to my Kitchen Aid.

Picked up a 2.5lbs of chuck, then cut into chunks and ran them through my grinder a couple times.  blanched some bacon with onions and green peppers and used saltines and flavored bread crumbs as @hapster suggested.  Where I changed, was the suggestion some mentioned about reducing the amount of milk and adding an egg.  After forming, topped it off with my favorite steak spice and put on a 400* egg with some hickory.  Have to say it was by far the best meatloaf I've ever had.  The crust was so good with a nice smoke ring.  Next time I think I would add a little bit of seasoning to the mix and use hickory chunks.  All I had was chips.