Pork tenderloin - how long to cook at 250?

Rockosteel

Cooking four pork tenderloins today - suggestions on time to let them cook over 250 indirect heat? Thanks in advance

lousubcap

All I know/cook them  is raised direct at around 350*F and they run 25-30 mins to 140*F.  May help you out...I'm guessing no more than 45-50 mins. YMMV-

Tjcoley

+1 on raised direct to 140.

henapple

do you have a thermapen?... maverick?

MrCookingNurse

1 hour+
You got a maverick? I'd go a little hotter indirect or do a sear.

Just my method, I sear them off on all sides direct around 400, then go indirect until internal temp of 150 with dome temp around 350. I give myself an hour usually for the whole cook.

SmokeyPitt

Agree, I'm thinking about 45 min to an hour, but you should just go until the internal temp is to your liking.  I go to about 145ish.  

If you don't have a meat thermometer I would pick one up.  You can get a cheapo dial thermometer like this at the grocery store for starters while your thermapen and maverick is being ordered . 

MrCookingNurse

SmokeyPitt said:

Agree, I'm thinking about 45 min to an hour, but you should just go until the internal temp is to your liking.  I go to about 145ish.  

If you don't have a meat thermometer I would pick one up.  You can get a cheapo dial thermometer like this at the grocery store for starters while your thermapen and maverick is being ordered . 

Exactly what he said. The biggest help to my cooking, and don't see how I ever cooked without it, is a thermometer. Cooking to temp is the only way to cook meat.

CajunEggHead

If you cook at no matter how long go by the internal temp to get the satisfaction that you want, you don't definitely want to dry it out so use a Maverick or thermapen