2 First's for me

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dougmays

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Nov 18, 2010
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#1 Bacon Wrap

#2 Smoked Pork Loin

So my friend had a birthday last weekend and asked me to smoke something for him.  His party was a Cajun/Mardi Gras theme so i decided to do a Cajun Pork Tenderloin.  I had never done one before but from all of the info i've gotten from here i had a pretty good idea.

I started with the bacon weave, had to refer back to the Wiki for this but after doing it once it's super easy! 

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Then i seasoned the Loin with a Cajun seasoning and a blackening season all the way around.  Rolled up in the bacon weave

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Not pretty but i guess it'll do for my first time (next time longer bacon slices)

Once again seasoned the outside with my Cajun and Blackening seasonings and wrapped and into the fridge for a few hour rest

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went and got some wings and beers with a couple friends and then back after a few hours.  Smoked at 225 for 3 hours till it was 160 inside

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i also smoked a couple trays of cherries (for the smoked cherry bourbon lemonade) and some jalapenos and cherry toms from the garden.

Wrapped in foil and a blanket and into the cool on the way to my friends house.  Unfortunately no sliced pictures...people were eating it off the plate as i was cutting it.
 
Looks great Doug!

If it went that fast I guess everybody thought so too!

                             
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At 160* it wasn't to dry, did the bacon keep it moist? I have been reading the handy dandy search tool and can not decide on a IT temp.

Thanks RP
 
At 160* it wasn't to dry, did the bacon keep it moist? I have been reading the handy dandy search tool and can not decide on a IT temp.

Thanks RP


If it were me I would pull it at 140, foil it & let it rest on the counter until it hit 145. That's the new USDA safe temp for pork & it is much juicier at the lower temp. It will be a little pink, but that's OK.
 
At 160* it wasn't to dry, did the bacon keep it moist? I have been reading the handy dandy search tool and can not decide on a IT temp.

Thanks RP
i have ready so many articles on here with varying temps i really kind of just said "hell with it i'll give it a go".  the bacon definitely kept it moist!  i think i'll try lower temps in my next ones but since it was my first i wanted to make sure it was cooked through haha:)

like Al said, you can go way lower. 

thanks all
 
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