First pork loin smoke... Rough start

[thelinx004]

Well I have been waiting all week to smoke this pork loin I picked up on sale last weekend. I read all week about the best way to butterfly and stuff, had all kinds of dreams. Only to find out today when I opened the package that it was two separate loins to small to butterfly...so improvise is what I did.
I cut the first one in half and packed it with spinach, provolone, feta, and sun dried tomatoes. Folded it back over and rubbed it with a mix of mustard and stadium mustard and topped it with a rub I had left over and some brown sugar.

The second one was a little easier to butterfly so I did that and stuffed it with done left over Reuben toppings I had from past weekend; sauerkraut, pastrami, and provolone. Rolled it up into a bacon weave (I know its turkey bacon, but that's what the Mrs. buys) and slathered it with 1000 island dressing.

Set them both in the fridge to rest overnight and tomorrow we shall see how the experiment turns out. Hopefully qviews to follow tomorrow with updates.

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[joopster]

I'm sure it will work out great!

 

[demosthenes9]

Check the packaging and see if it doesn't say Pork Tenderloins  

Anyways, great recovery and improvisation.    How are you going to smoke them ?

 

[seenred]

Lookin' very good from here!  Nice improvise!  I'll bet it turns out great.

Red

 

[thelinx004]

Demos- with everything I've read on this forum so far I'm hoping to keep the smoker around 240 and get up to an IT of 140-145 and pull to rest. Only my second smoke so hoping I can keep a steady temp. I have a handful of the fat trimmings I took off the loins that I was going to put in the rack above the loin I didn't wrap in bacon, hoping the drippings will help keep it moist.

Checked the package, says "pork loin". Maybe that's why it was on clearance!

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[timberjet]

Pork stuffed with stuff and wrapped in more pork? Sounds good to me.

 

[demosthenes9]

Demos- with everything I've read on this forum so far I'm hoping to keep the smoker around 240 and get up to an IT of 140-145 and pull to rest. Only my second smoke so hoping I can keep a steady temp. I have a handful of the fat trimmings I took off the loins that I was going to put in the rack above the loin I didn't wrap in bacon, hoping the drippings will help keep it moist.

Checked the package, says "pork loin". Maybe that's why it was on clearance!

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Sounds like a winning plan.  At that chamber temp and IT, you shouldn't have to worry about moistness.  That said, some fat trimmings dripping some love is always a good thing   :)  Good luck with it.

 

[noboundaries]

NIIIICE improvisation!  You sure you haven't done this before?  Great job!  Definitely sounds like you got tenderloins even though marked loin.

What type of wood are you going to use to flavor them?

 

[foamheart]

 
Pork stuffed with stuff and wrapped in more pork? Sounds good to me.

I approve of how ya said that!  So that pork on pork, or pork in pork?

 

[thelinx004]

NIIIICE improvisation!  You sure you haven't done this before?  Great job!  Definitely sounds like you got tenderloins even though marked loin.



What type of wood are you going to use to flavor them?

Was only able to get a bag of hickory so far so I'll use that. Headed up to the parents house this weekend where I'll be able to pick up more than I can handle from my pops wood stove reserve.


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[timberjet]

If you can get any apple try it. I am totally addicted to apple and hickory on pork. I think it is the best combo for pork. But that is just me.

 

[smoking b]

Nice recovery 

   Count me in for this one 

 

[thelinx004]

Thanks for all the compliments, couldn't have done it without everyone else's knowledge and help. To thank you all I'll be posting qviews as long as noting goes wrong. In the meantime here's a pick of some ABT's and stuffed mushrooms going in with the loins.

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[smoking b]

 

Mmmm  

 

[kesmc27]

Way to adapt and overcome and make
a wonderful meal!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Great audible !! Very nice ! Thumbs Up

 

[thelinx004]

Sweet baby Jesus that was delicious! The Reuben loin was a little more most, I'm guessing because it was wrapped in bacon. But the sun dried tomatoes in the other one were killer, would definitely suggest to others. It was a little more dry but still very good.

Kept the smoker right at 135 and hit an IT of 140 after only about 1.5hrs. Pulled at 140, and wrapped for about 30 mins while I kicked up the smoker on high to finish off the appetizers.

ABT's and shrooms were good as well. Since I had them in a foil pan they weren't "too" smoky which was a good thing for the Mrs., still breaking her into the smoke affair I am having. As promised here's some drool inspiring pics.
Finished products

Loin stuffed with feta, sun dried tomatoes, provolone, and spinach.

Reuben stuffed loin.

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[smoking b]

Those look great man! 

  Nice job with the smoke 

 

[foamheart]

Sure looks good!

 

[fendrbluz]

Very nice you did a good job with the wrap. Bet it's going to be good