Looks great. Pork loin is one of those nice, reliable, versatile cuts that you can do just about anything to and have a good chance of pulling it off.
Maybe think about butterflying the loin and stuffing it with half the rub?
Another vote for charcoal, and specifically the Big Green Egg with hardwood lump. Can't beat the flavor, and with a MAP torch I can have the BGE up to temp in about as long as it takes to heat up a gasser.
My name is Davekatz and I’m a geek - food geek, photography geek, kayaking geek - it doesn’t matter. I always tend to take my interests and hobbies and push them a little bit further.
With food, I started out doing little more than bachelor survival cooking, but I always had a taste for the good stuff. Over the years, I’ve figured out how to put it consistently on the table and I’ve gotten a lot of joy out of pushing my abilities, learning new skills, developing new recipes, and making tasty chow for friends and family.
Of all the cooking techniques I’ve explored, it’s hard to beat live fire cooking. My dear wife got me a Big Green Egg a few years ago and we’ve had a lot of fun putting this ceramic cooker through its paces.
We have a website featuring a selection of our recipes and descriptions of some of our cooks at Gelina and Dave's Adventures - Our Big Green Egg
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I had an HOA tell me that once, and then I started to grill at the very end of the driveway or across the street at the local park, love those mobile grills. Pretty soon, most of the residents were out there right along side us and grilling away. It seems that majority ruled at that point and they changed the rule. Besides, while some foods like Jamaican, Creole or Indian taste fantastic, they don't smell particularly fantastic when walking down the corridor and they aren't banned.
If I was your Mom, I'd move. If my HOA told me that I couldn't grill, it had better be for a reason more compelling than "the odor may disturb other residents." They're enemies of food, and I feel for your Mom. :-(
Great recipe, Joshua. You're a good son, doing that for her.
I'm Rosezilla (named for my three year old daughter and the giant lizard thing that stomped Tokyo...it's what I call her when she's being...how you say...willful). My real handle is Mandy. I live in Santa Barbara County again after growing up here, but lived for 11 years in western Sonoma County...home of fabulous food and wines. It spoiled me rotten, to become an adult surrounded by all of that luscious produce and foodie opportunity. I managed a microbrewery's kitchen for 6 years, and have SERIOUS opinions about ales, should anyone care for them. Now I'm a home cook primarily, although I do a little catering here and there. My daughter's favorite foods are salmon and broccoli, so I feel as though I've triumphed a bit over the three-year-old beige-food diet. We do, however, eat at McDonald's every Friday after school...it's our little Happy Meal indulgence...and those tiny cheeseburgers are SOOO good. I live with and cook for my mother, as well. I am dating a high school band director, who has actually LOST weight being with me, as he's eating more asparagus and less fast food. I think that size 14 should be the new size 6. I am curvy, healthy, happy and active...and think that excellent foods should be part of everyone's diet. I am active in the "S'Cool Food" movement here, which tries to bring local and sustainable healthy food into school cafeterias. And I love, love, love this website.
I've used both.
When we got married, my best friend gave us a Weber kettle grill and it was easily the best gift we got. After 6 years and a lot of use, I bought a gas grill. Last year I supplemented it with a Weber bullet and it's been the best of both worlds.
Big Green Egg with hardwood charcoal for grilling, smoking, indirect heat barbecuing, or high heat roasting. Can't be beat!
I have a Weber gas grill and I bought a Weber electric rotisserie. I'm guessing the Weber charcoal grill would work with it too? My best childhood food memory is the smell of the chickens as they turned over the charcoal and were basted with butter. I will definitely look for the hardwood lump charcoal. I still have a little hibachi from eons ago and that works great for a couple of hamburgers, but I haven't used it in ages. Time to dust it off and get cookin'!!! Gas is convenient, but just doesn't cut it, flavor wise.
Thanks to all for responding.
I love my Big Green Egg for low-and-slow cooking, pizza and steaks. But the grill I use most often is my cheap little Meco. The grid is adjustable and it takes less charcoal than a Weber. My first one lasted 10 years - great value!
I have both a gas grill, and a charcoal grill, plus a charcoal/wood smoker. The gas grill is like Wookie's....we bought it when we bought our new house last fall...it's a stainless steel Charbroil w/4 burners, a griddle & a recessed side burner (which I love because pans sit in it better). I use that alot in the cooler months, during the week, and when I want to do roasts or indirect cooking. I have an Aussie charcoal grill....a bit smaller....and use lump charcoal w/a chimney in that. I'm on a quest to learn to do some good que in the smoker, so I plan on using that alot more this summer! We also have a very large - 3 ft x 3 ft - homemade charcoal grill that we use for our annual chicken bbq for 150 people every summer....but I've also found it very handy for smaller parties, as I can cook chicken, potatoes & corn all on the same surface - adjusting the heat in different areas by rearranging the charcoal.
I don't know about everyone else here, but once the weather gets nice, at least 1 of my grills is in action nearly every night of the week!
@alacto-- I grew up in Williamsburg! If you're still there, I'm quite jealous of your accessibility to Aroma's. I was a slave at the Cheese Shop for a few years, and while I can't stand the house dressing any more, oh the cheese and wine selection....mmmmm
Bro recently made these avocado eggrolls for a party. They are wonderful. We didn't use a sauce - no one noticed :D.
Whip 'em up and bring 'em down to the party!!
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