Honey-Glazed Rubbed Pork Chops

Stormbringer

Full credit to @The Cen-Tex Smoker as their post was the insipiration for last night's awesome meal.

Double thickness pork chops were brined for 3 hours in the fridge and then left to air dry in a warm, cat-free, room for 2 hours. As we don't have Tsunami Spin rub readily available here, I made one based on the ingredients from the Dizzy Pig website. This ended up being:

• 2 tsp demerara sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp sesame seeds
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp onion powder
• 2 tsp granulated garlic
• 2 tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp black and red pepper

I created a honey/mustard sauce using following Cen-Tex's 2 parts honey/1 one part mustard powder approach, this was to coat during the final sear.

Chops were rubbed to give a good coating:



Smoked in our MM over cherry at 275F/135C until the internal temperature was at 130F/55C:



Looking good when they are at temperature:



Took the chops out and wrapped in silver foil, removed the platesetter and raised the temperature to 600F/315C. Unwrapped the chops, coated them with honey/mustard sauce. Reverse seared for 2 mins each side:



Didn't get a picture of the actual meal ... too busy eating .

We had this with a smokey Pinot Noir, I think the next time it will be with a mature Chateaneauf du Pape or Cote Rotie.

I'll make this again soon. Next time I would have half the amount of turmeric and smoked paprika and use finely diced shallot and garlic instead of the powders. But that's all ... this really was one of the best pork chops we've ever tasted.

YukonRon

If they tasted anywhere near the way they looked in your presentation, they were certainly the best ever. Beautiful cook.

Stormbringer

YukonRon said:

If they tasted anywhere near the way they looked in your presentation, they were certainly the best ever. Beautiful cook.

Thanks. Liked them so much they are our midweek meal again on Wednesday.

Superabounder

Man those look great...thanks for the link to the original Cen Tex post...the brining info is very helpful! Gonna try some tonight for first pork chop cook.

MotownVol

Yum.  I love pork chops and these look absolutely great.

GregW

They look great. I've never cooked any pork chops that were that thick. I've got to give them a try.