Pork Loin Cook

Dawgtired

Anyone seen the loin cook where the guy slices it into three pieces, then weaves it and cooks it on a BGE? My wife is asking for that on New Years. It looks great. My concern is how even the cook would be with strips of meat lying on top of one another. 

fishlessman

from what i see, its tenderloin, not loin, and its flattened a bit to lay more uniform. its going to cook pretty quick

Dawgtired

fishlessman said:

from what i see, its tenderloin, not loin, and its flattened a bit to lay more uniform. its going to cook pretty quick

 No sir…way too large to be a tenderloin. Unless the farm was next to a nuclear power plant. 

4TheGrillOfIt

I have seen this done with pork loin.  It’s like making bread knots.  You slice the pork loin into 3 even sections and leave the top inch or two of the loin unsliced so it stays connected.  Then you fold over the sections alternating to weave it together. 

I don’t see why it wouldn’t cook fairly evenly.  What I  kind of like about this idea is not only the impressive visual, but this gives you a lot more surface area to season.  Give it a shot and let us know how it turns out!  

fishlessman

have not yet seen it done with a loin, im thinking that would be more difficult to keep moist. would definitely want some type of drippy glaze to pour on it once you start cutting it up.

Dawgtired

https://grillinwithdad.com/2022/12/braided-pork-lion/

pgprescott

I've done it before and it looks cool but IMO is inferior to a nicely cooked whole cut that has been brined. 

johnmitchell

Maybe a simple wet brine after you have done the braid