Loin Chops, Extra Thick and Meaty

Found some really nice extra thick and meaty Loin Chops at Costco yesterday, I knew right away they were meant for my smoker/grill.

Menu
Loin Chops, Extra Thick with the Full Treatment
Oven Roasted New Potatoes
Green Bean Almondine Casserole
Sauteed Portabellas, Peppers, Onions in Spiced Butter

The Chops
Made an Apple Juice/Apple Vinegar Brine, with brown sugar and salt and brined them for 12 hours.
Then a rinse and dry before a good dusting of a homemade savory rub.
Before laying them down over Cherry in the smoker they got a good Apple juice spritzing.

225°-250° for about 1.5 hours brought the average IT to 130°.
Then it was onto a scorching hot grill and finish at 140°-142° IT.
A nice 30 minute rest while my roasted potatoes finished and then dinner was on.

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Oven Roasted New Potatoes
Chopped new potatoes
Chopped onion, coarse
1 packet Onion soup mix
1T Rosemary, crushed
Salt to taste
1/3C Olive oil
mix well, roast at 425° for 45 minutes

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Green Bean Almondine Casserole
3 cans Green Beans
1 can Whole Corn
3 cans Cream of Mushroom soup
1.5C sliced Almonds
2T Black pepper
1 bag French Fried Onions
mix well, bake at 375° for 1 hour, then top with French Fried Onions and bake for 15 more minutes

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Sauteed Portabellas, Peppers, Onions in Spiced Butter

Baby Portabellas
2 lrg Bell Peppers, sliced thin
2 lrg Onion, sliced thin
1.5 sticks, Butter
1T Sweet Paprika
1T Cayenne powder
Salt to taste
Saute everything in large wok till just tender

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Money Shot

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Nicely done!

What smoker you using man..

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Originally Posted by john g

What smoker you using man..

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I've a Camp Chef Smoke Vault 24" and a Char Broil Tru-Infrared Commercial 5 burner, both are propane/natural gas burners.
The CCSV24 is a pretty good for it's price point of under $250.00.