Loin and chops

[churchtap]

Chops and loin. The injection I use changed the loin to a ham texture and flavor. Didn't think that was possible. Used pecan and plum wood and a dash of pistachio shells.

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• churchtap
• Feb 22, 2017

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• churchtap
• Feb 22, 2017

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• churchtap
• Feb 22, 2017

 

[daveomak]

Looks good....   I think it would taste awesome...   

 

[ab canuck]

Very interesting blend, Meat looks great.... Point for the project for sure....

 

[tropics]

That looks great !! What did you inject it with,what kind of smoker?

Richie

 

[churchtap]

Thanks it was really good

 

[churchtap]

That looks great !! What did you inject it with,what kind of smoker?
Richie

A 50/50 blend of sea salt and brown sugar. I use a charbroil deluxe offset.

 

[smokin kat]

 
That looks great !! What did you inject it with,what kind of smoker?

Richie

Yes, curious to see what you used for the injection!   

Fun idea with the pistachio shells! 

 

[churchtap]

Yes, curious to see what you used for the injection!   

Fun idea with the pistachio shells! 

I'm going to my local garden center that processes pecans and see if they will give me some to try next.

 

[SmokinAl]

Everything looks delicious!

Great job!

Al

 

[sundown farms]

Does look good. Your having injected with sea salt and then it becoming hammy reminded me of something I read somewhere. Sea salt has a natural small amount of nitrates--i.e. cure. Did a quick search and was surprised my memory worked this time. Did you let it "marinate" in the injection for a while? Sounds like you may have had an experiment going on and did not know it.

 

[churchtap]

Does look good. Your having injected with sea salt and then it becoming hammy reminded me of something I read somewhere. Sea salt has a natural small amount of nitrates--i.e. cure. Did a quick search and was surprised my memory worked this time. Did you let it "marinate" in the injection for a while? Sounds like you may have had an experiment going on and did not know it.

I to have a bad memory so I understand your joy to remember something like that. It sat for about two hours after injection and I did it with the plastic still on it. It was also partially frozen so it took a long time to come up to temp once on the smoker. don't know if that had anything to do with it.