About to smoke my first porkloin with apple chips coated it with mustard added my spices S&P to taste garlic powder ground cumin chili powder and brown sugar
Thank you sir I was thinking 250 for a 1 an 1/2 hours new to smoking just got my MES day after thanksgivingshould be around a 3 hr smoke, at around 225 and pull it when it gets 145 - 150 internal temp,, yum
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180' IT in a pork loin? I'm afraid that that loin is gonna be like chalk... Hope not though.
Griz400, I have to disagree, anything over 145' IT is overcooked in a pork loin.
It is just way too lean a cut of meat.
I try to never cook all the way to 145' IT, my goal is to pull at 140'-142' and let the IT rise to 145' as it rests.
Fellas it turned out to be great!!!
All's well, that ends well.Fellas it turned out to be great!!!
I dont really understand your point in saying 145 is overcooked ... We prefer 150 or 155 even ... my wife would not eat 145 still pink inside, I know its done, but, she wont touch it ... usda only put a 145 it last 12 years or so, it used to be 15 degrees higher, also there is different degrees of meat being ( done ) ... it still lists 160 being well done, used to be 170...We usually smoke about loins a month year round, We buy whole loins, cut center cut pork chops from the thick side of the whole loins, then after cutting usually 5 packs of 4 chops, there is a piece leftover about 10 inches or so, and we smoke these to an internal of 150 ... that being said, when I cook alot of food, like I usually fill the smoker up, it is sometimes 3-4 ays, before we ever even eat the loin, slicing it like a pork chop, and heating slightly in microwave, the meat itself is super moist, has great texture , and nice smoke ring, at 150, it still has some pink inside, but, not alot ...Holy Schmokes!![]()
180' IT in a pork loin? I'm afraid that that loin is gonna be like chalk... Hope not though.
Griz400, I have to disagree, anything over 145' IT is overcooked in a pork loin.
It is just way too lean a cut of meat.
I try to never cook all the way to 145' IT, my goal is to pull at 140'-142' and let the IT rise to 145' as it rests.