Smoked Pork Loin + One Rib - Saturday, August 24, 2023

 I may as well smoke the loin and take it off at 145F. The ribs take 4 1/2 hours and the 

half loin may take less than an hour. I guess I will have to smoke the loin around 3 and

smoke the ribs at the same time but they will be in a cooler later on in the day. I assume

the ribs won't be ready until 7 pm but this is just a test to figure out what is the best way

to do them. Today I don't care when they are cooked. These ribs suck anyway. The butcher

cut them in half and they are too thin. They did cook too fast so I assume that is why they

were burnt. I am buying my own ribs for now on and not letting anyone else buy them. If

I saw them in the store I would not of bought them.

                                                   HOW WERE THEY?

The pork loin is very good. So easy to make. 145F and that is it. Smoking took less than

an hour because it was cut in half. It would be easy to feed a group of people when you

smoke it all and not cut it in half. I did forget to sauce them on the smoker the last 15 min.

I was doing a Rib at the same time but won't do that again. The Rib was good. Not over

cooked or under cooked. They really are shit Ribs. 2 min. broil in the oven with sauce and

that was it. I would say they were a little over cooked but they were thin so absorbed the

heat too quickly. If we bought Costco Ribs, it would of been a different story. I still say it

would of been easier to foil them in the oven at 275F for 1 hour and then toss them in the

cooler for an hour. I still have to figure out when to sauce them. I still want to go with

after an hour in the cooler, then sauce along with butter and honey on broil for 2 minutes.

I will be spritzing them every 30 minutes when I smoke them to keep them moist.

The only thing I wanted to see was them pulling back from the bone and this Rib did not

have that. Maybe I can smoke at 275F to get that.