Smoked Pork Loin... wish i took pictures!

So I decided to smoke a pork loin i found at HEB on sale this past weekend. The following is my recipe. it came out FAN-TAS-TIC!!!

i'll be makine another in the next few weeks and will definately take pictures.

First, i made a brine...
3/4 cup kosher salt
3/4 cup sugar
5 bay leaves ground up
2 cups hot water (to dissolve sugar and salt)
3 TBSP peppercorns, slightly crushed.
12 cloves garlic, crushed with side of knife

combine all in bowl, then add 3 cups cold water.
soak pork loin in mixture overnight.

the next morning, i took the pork loin out of the brine, and lightly covered it in my favorite bbq rub.

this part is the key....

cover the entire pork loin with 2 layers of APPLEWOOD SMOKED bacon... this will self baste the pork loin

On my smoker, i got the heat up to 235 degrees. I used pecan wood, with some applewood chunks i had in the beginning.

i placed the pork loin in a circle on a single sheet of aluminum foil on the smoker. i did not open the smoker for 2 hours.

after 2 hours, i opened the smoker and was in awe of the beauty held within perfectly browned bacon on a lovely piece of pork. i loosely covered the pork at this point on the smoker so it wouldn't be over smoked in flavor.

3 hours later (5 hours total) the internal temp reached 161 degrees, and was done.

Holy Batballs Batman, this thing was amazing. i had company over sunday and was nervous about how it was going to come out. it was FILLED with juices, had a 1/8 inch pink smoke ring, and disappeared within 30 minutes!

I had never thought about smoking a pork loin, but i'll be doing it once a week now. best dang pork i've ever eaten.

like i said, next time, i'm taking pictures!

Sounds great, going to try it this weekend!! Thanks for posting.

let me know how it comes out, and post some pictures for me!

My brother inlaw cooked a pork loin recently that was great. He cut the loin long ways very thin unrolling it untill it was like a pie crust rooled out on the table. then he put budan that he had taken out of the casing on it and rolled it all up togethar. I dont know how long he smoked it but it was the best pork loin I have ever eatan.

came out great, sat it down inside and went out to shut everything down and the family tore into it before I could get pics...too funny...maybe next time. Was gone in no time!!

Ohhh, I love smoking me some pork tenderloins. HEB has them on sale again this week. I just smoked a couple last weekend and I am taking them to the lease with me tonight.

There's a difference in a pork loin and a tenderloin. I prefer the bonless loin. I made Canadian bacon a couple of times with one, when I was into making my own egg McMuffins.

I'm now into taquitos for breakfast. They're easier.