ChuckS

[chucks]

I'm new to Roll Call and to smoking with our recently purchased GMG Dan'l Boone.
The only recipes I have so far are those in the owners manual and an ebook I ordered.
Sunday for my birthday I look forward to trying gmg's Iowa Pork Chops recipe, and have a question for you: can the marinating/smoking/grilling process be interrupted by an hour on the grill wrapped in aluminum and adding some ounces of (apple or other) juice, then unwrapped and returned to the grill again for a period of time? Any comments much appreciated, ChuckS

 

[noboundaries]

Chuck, welcome to SMF!  Glad you're here with the new GMG and putting it to work. 

Not quite clear what you're asking about the grill on Sunday.  Pork chops don't take long at all.  They are done when the internal temp hits 140-145F, and depending on your chamber temp and the thickness of the chops, it can happen pretty quickly.  1" thick chops usually take less than two hours at 225F chamber temp, even faster at higher chamber temps.   

What you want to do is make sure you don't let the meat sit in the danger zone of 40-140F for more than four hours.  Bad stuff multiplies in that zone if the meat is there for more than four hours.  For safety sake, start the four hour countdown when you take the meat out of the fridge. 

If you are asking can you start the grill, put the meat on, then after an hour take it off, wrap it with some juice, and immediately put it back on, yes, you can do that.  It is a common practice. 

If you have to step away for an hour after you started cooking, then come back and throw the still uncooked, wrapped meat back on the grill, just make sure you have enough time left on your 4 hour countdown from the point you took the meat out of the fridge to when it is finished at 140-145F.  Otherwise it goes in the trash. 

 

[gary s]

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