Pork loin with pics.

[HoosierTrooper]

Fixed a 4.6 lb pork loin yesterday. Nice simple cut of meat that I love, especially on days that time is short. 50/50 mix of TexasBBQ rub and brown sugar along with Worchestire sauce. Cherry wood for smoke. Maintained 225-250 for 4 hours. Took it off at 150. Very mosit and tender.

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[M38A1]

HoosierTrooper -
Sure does look good..... How was the cherry flavor?

[HoosierTrooper]

I really like cherry on everything.

[david brace]

Cherry is an excellent smoking wood. I have used it often in the past. There was soe talk a while back on chestnut wood, but I can't remember if anyone posted that they had used it.

This year I'm gonna try some mulberry simply because I have 2 large trees of it on east and west sides of my property. Each one drops those staining little mulberries on my car on the west and Kathy's car on the east.

DB

[Zeeman]

Loin looks great. I like cherry when I can get some. Mulberry is good on pork ribs also. I use to buy chuncks of it off ebay when I was using my brinkman smok-n-puff pit.
z

[david brace]

And I have been cutting back these 2 trees (formerly bushes) for 8 years and just tossing the wood onto the mulch pile...but not any more...

DB

[Zeeman]

Mulberry makes good jelly and pies, if ya can beat da crows to them.
z

[david brace]

My neighbor lady used to own our house years ago and she made pies from the mulberry. Well, I still got them trees in the yard, so I guess we'll try them this season.

DB

[HoosierTrooper]

The picture was a little blurry but it had a pretty nice smoke ring. Tasted even better today. Cherry reminds me a little bit of apple wood but a little stronger.

[bigwheel]

Looks good Trooper. Seems like that old nasty cheery wood didnt turn it quite as black as normal. Wonder whuts up with that? Now I got a love hate relationship with Mulberry trees which goes back many moons to the barefoot boy childhood youth thang. Sure did taste good to pluck off a few ripe ones for a snack in the summer..but sure make a funny squish when you step in a big old rotting mess of em barefooted. Sorta like stepping in puppy poo poo..goes right up twixt your toes. Got to make some excellent wine I would think. Never heard about nobody making jelly out of em for some reason. We also had a pomegranite tree/bush out front. Sure made some good ammo for chunking at cars. Just makes a nice splat and dont hurt nobody cuz they sorta holler with all them purple seeds inside. Now we got to chunking Bois de Arc apples at cars one time. Now them things are solid. Came within a few inches of killing a newborn baby held in its mothers arms on the passenger side with the window down one time. Fortunantly it hit the top of the door post and not the babies head. We went back strictly to Pommegranites after that deal. I also refused to throw cept at the back quarter panel. Some of us is keen on safety ya know?

bigwheel

[Paul Taylor]

Hey HT, good looking groceries there. Ya done good. Dave if nothing else those mulberries make a pretty good snack as well as pies & other desserts.

Paul Taylor

[deputynrc]

Looks good!

[vinman]

Looks good Trooper. Seems like that old nasty cheery wood didnt turn it quite as black as normal. Wonder whuts up with that? Now I got a love hate relationship with Mulberry trees which goes back many moons to the barefoot boy childhood youth thang. Sure did taste good to pluck off a few ripe ones for a snack in the summer..but sure make a funny squish when you step in a big old rotting mess of em barefooted. Sorta like stepping in puppy poo poo..goes right up twixt your toes. Got to make some excellent wine I would think. Never heard about nobody making jelly out of em for some reason. We also had a pomegranite tree/bush out front. Sure made some good ammo for chunking at cars. Just makes a nice splat and dont hurt nobody cuz they sorta holler with all them purple seeds inside. Now we got to chunking Bois de Arc apples at cars one time. Now them things are solid. Came within a few inches of killing a newborn baby held in its mothers arms on the passenger side with the window down one time. Fortunantly it hit the top of the door post and not the babies head. We went back strictly to Pommegranites after that deal. I also refused to throw cept at the back quarter panel. Some of us is keen on safety ya know?

bigwheel

I love reading Bigwheels posts. Seems like a smart feller with some great stories to tell.


As far as chestnut wood, I had wondered about that myself. It is a nut tree but you hardly ever hear anything about it. Kinda like a buckeye tree in that way LOL
I have some good hunks of cherry wood waiting to be split...where's woodman when you need him?

[bigwheel]

Well the reason they call em water chestnuts is because they grow in water I think..be about like cooking with Piss Elm or Weeping willow I would guess. Now just wildly speculating here of course. If anybody knows for sure to the contrary I will take all this back. Now they should make good long bows if I aint totally off base here. Injuns used Willow that chore ya know? You can also chew the leaves of a Willow Tree and it be just like taking a couple of aspirins.

bigwheel

[DoubleBarrelSmoker]

[quote="bigwheel"]Well the reason they call em water chestnuts is because they grow in water I think..be about like cooking with Piss Elm or Weeping willow I would guess. Now just wildly speculating here of course. If anybody knows for sure to the contrary I will take all this back. Now they should make good long bows if I aint totally off base here. Injuns used Willow that chore ya know? You can also chew the leaves of a Willow Tree and it be just like taking a couple of aspirins.

bigwheel[/quote
American Chestnut is just about gone from this country[taken by disease] Horse Chestnut is the one you might be talking about. Lots of them around in the North East. Water Chestnuts are a whole different animal. Actually a small tuberous plant.

[vinman]

Horse chestnuts look alot like buckeyes. The tree even resembles one.

[txpgapro]

Horse chestnuts look alot like buckeyes. The tree even resembles one.

Please tell me it's not true! I thought there was only one Buckeye! :lol: :lol: :lol: Can't believe anything closely resembles him.

[HFD26]

I got two fig trees, maybe I could convince my brother in law that it's good barbeque wood. Let him try it first. Only problem is that he might invite us over to eat and it would backfire on me.

[Paul Taylor]

Personally speaking, I believe that there are some trees that I myself would just leave well enough alone. There are enough woods out there that are very usable & tasty.That's just me tho.

Paul Taylor

[HoosierTrooper]

Agreed Mr.Taylor. Luckily my father in law owns a large farm and surrounding woods so I have an abundant supply of oak,cherry and hickory. I read elsewhere about using ash wood. He had a large one cut up for firewood so I tried some of it on a chicken. Smelled good while cooking but I didn't care at all for the taste.

[Michiana Mark]

Lookin good HT

[LagniappeBBQ]

I have never had the chance to use cherry. My brother used apple exclusively at his rib joint and it is a favorite of mine. But, since I'm in South La., I have enough pecan to last an eternity thanks to hurricane Katrina. Try grilling a steak with small pecan sticks, no charcoal. Mighty good.

[Texana]

I have never had the chance to use cherry. My brother used apple exclusively at his rib joint and it is a favorite of mine. But, since I'm in South La., I have enough pecan to last an eternity thanks to hurricane Katrina. Try grilling a steak with small pecan sticks, no charcoal. Mighty good.

Very good .... I really like the flavor of Pecan ....

[david brace]

Lagniappe, a while back we talked here about using pecan shells in the firebox. did you ever try that? I know you said you have all the wood available, but I wanna hear more about the shells. Pecan is not too often found in Noo Yawk, unless I raid the NYC Botanical Gardens...

DB

[oldsaintd]

Is that temp probe in a potato 1/2?

[HoosierTrooper]

Is that temp probe in a potato 1/2?

Yes. :oops:

[oldsaintd]

Does that check the cooker temp?

[HoosierTrooper]

Yes. Pretty low tech but it makes it easy to put the probe were I want it.

[oldsaintd]

Thats a good Idea, I have ordered my 2nd Maverick meat/smoker remote thermometer. I've got remote meat thermometers coming out of my ears but it is hard to find a remote smoker thermometer. I think I will try your method out and see how close it is to my Maverick, that way I can check temp in different places.

[TexLaw]

Yes. Pretty low tech but it makes it easy to put the probe were I want it.

Shoot, there's no reason to be ashamed of that trick. I do the same thing, although I've switched to using a wadded up piece of bread more often. It's not quite as easy to set down right, but it's usually handier. Someone around here used a binder clip, and someone else used a clothespin. Both of those look like good ideas, too.


TL

[david brace]

A half potato is a great way to do it. Very obedient and fast.

DB