Dave, it was great!!!! My wife hasn't stopped talking about it. I use a deep fry pan with the handle cut off to hold my meat loaf. Good part is it gets smoke from every where. Top, bottom, sides. Bad part is when you put the meat in the pan ,if you push too hard it squishes through all the small openings which makes it very hard to get out without it breaking up when its' done. Think next time I may just free form it on some parchment paper. Your recipe sounds delicious. Will have to give that a try.