Simple Pork Chops

jls9595

Reverse sear. Good stuff...

hapster

Nothing simple about them... They look great!

henapple

What temp before the sear?

jls9595

128-130* depending which one I checked.  About a min. per side at 600*

henapple

And the fries?

jls9595

henapple said:

And the fries?

just some off brand from the freezer section at my local Food Lion grocery. Too lazy to make anything else

tulocay

They look great. What did you put in the CI? Oil of some sort? I'm going to try this for the first time tomorrow. Can you do this cook without the CI? Just put them on the grate?

jls9595

I coated the chops in olive oil but there was some grease from past cooks in there too.  You can sear on a CI grate, I would dry the surface and brush with evoo then place on a hot grate a min or so per side.   

tulocay

Thanks. I have the standard ss grate. I will either use that or dig my CI out and clean it up.

henapple

The fries look good. Jake loves steak fries.

EGG_Daddy

What's reverse sear?  Just double-sided searing?  Has anyone ever slow smoked a pork chop then increase heat to sear?  I have eaten about 2,000 lbs of pork in my day but I got a lot to learn.  

tulocay

What you asked is, to my understanding, a reverse sear. Cook indirect to an internal temp of approx. 125, crank the heat up and sear 1-2 min per side. Will be trying my first one tomorrow.

jls9595

henapple said:

The fries look good. Jake loves steak fries.

me too, even the cheep ones...

EGG_Daddy said:

What's reverse sear?  Just double-sided searing?  Has anyone ever slow smoked a pork chop then increase heat to sear?  I have eaten about 2,000 lbs of pork in my day but I got a lot to learn.  

It's searing at the end of the cook.  I cooked them indirect above the plate setter legs down at 275 or so till 130* internal temp., then put them in foil. I took out the plate setter and had my CI skillet on the grate under it and opened the vents to get the egg to 600*. Then I seared for a minute per side.  

tulocay

Just curious, why the ps legs up? Also, how long did it take to reach the 130 internal?

jls9595

tulocay said:

Just curious, why the ps legs up? Also, how long did it take to reach the 130 internal?

I put the legs down so my CI skillet could sit under it and be getting hot while the chops were cooking indirect.