Pork Tenderloin - How does this sound?

aucivil

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Usually make Redneck69's Sweet Spiral Ham for Easter.  Got about 12 people coming over and was thinking about mixing it up this year by switching out the ham for 6 pork tenderloins (PTL).

Same basic ingredients as Redneck69

Sauce

stick and a half of butter

1 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup maple syrup

1/2 cup honey

2 table spoons cinnamon (I usually cut down the cinnamon)

Proposed method:

1. Mix ingredients in a pot an let it meld on low heat to thicken. 

2. Place single strip of bacon along top of each tenderloin (may use black peppercorn premarinated PTL's)

3. put PTL's on smoker at 225 and baste with sauce

4. Baste with sauce at 1.5 hours

5. Take PTL's to 145 - remove and foil

6. Slice and drizzle with sauce

Open to better ideas. 

 

Last edited: Apr 11, 2017

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Sounds like a solid plan. I have never seen that sauce. Sounds good thou.

The tenderloin will cook kinda fast.

If it was me I would start a bit lower smoker temp to get more smoke flavor with my smokers.

What smoker you using?

 

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My one real concern is the pre-marinaded tenderloins. I've tried a number of them over the years and other than the teriyaki version, the overwhelming element is salt. If you have the ability, doing your own marinade will produce a superior product.

The other issue would be the leanness of pork tenderloin. I would lean towards 250 on the temp and a shorter smoke time. You will still get smoky notes and a nice basting from the bacon without drying out the tenderloins as much.

The sauce sounds delicious.

 

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I'm with Adam on this one. When doing tenderloins I will run my pit at lower temps. As long as you pull them when the internal temp is 140-145 there is no risk of drying them out. Even at 180-200 tenderloins don't take long to cook.

Have you seen braided tenderloins before? It's exactly what it sounds like. Take your raw tenderloins and braid them together prior to cooking. Makes for a neat presentation that will WoW your Easter crowd.

 

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c farmer said:

Sounds like a solid plan. I have never seen that sauce. Sounds good thou.

The tenderloin will cook kinda fast.

If it was me I would start a bit lower smoker temp to get more smoke flavor with my smokers.

What smoker you using?

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If I can fit them  - Weber kettle with a Slow N Sear.  If not the Smoke Vault (gas smoker)

 

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dirtsailor2003 said:

Have you seen braided tenderloins before? It's exactly what it sounds like. Take your raw tenderloins and braid them together prior to cooking. Makes for a neat presentation that will WoW your Easter crowd.

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I had not but I Googled - looks interesting