Re: Bought a new smoker
I had the outlaws over last night for dinner and decided to try smoked pork chops and souvlaki. I wanted to try the new smoker as kind of a smoker/grill and see how the chops would turn out on high heat.
I brined the chops with a mixture of water, brown sugar, sea salt, garlic powder, for an hour. Then sprinkled with a homemade brown sugar, salt, and spices rub called Memphis rub that I got from the net, put some soaked hickory chips in the smoke box and cranked it up to 350 degrees for about an hour and a half. The inside of the chops were juicy and very tender and the outside was nicely smoked and a little carmalized.
The souvalaki, or satay as my wife calls it, was just sprinkled with the Memphis rub mixture and taken out as appetizers when they looked done. It went well with potato salad and a couple of beers and I was pleased with the results. Even my brother-in-law, who is a chef, thought the results were very good.
If I get lucky and get a bear I'm going to slow smoke a fresh ham and see how it turns out. John
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