Best Chops I've done!

Pepper Monkey BBQ

Pulled out some pork chops today that had been food saved and froze. Didn't expect much ... just seemed like something that should be used up.

Each were over an inch thick, cut up from a loin. Sprinkled with salt, white pepper, ground rosemary. Then sprinkled a little left over rub I'd used on some pit beef during the superbowl (had some spice).

Set up large direct with a lot of cherry wood, raised grid and kept it at about 230 deg for 45 minutes. Then seared on a lower grate until 130 internal. Put back on the raised grid and coated with a rhubarb habanero jam. Let sit for five minutes and pulled from the egg .. after resting internal was 140.

Served with green beans, seared cherry tomatoes, and feta cheese and some mashed sweet taters.

These chops were the best chops I've done in years, literally. Man I wish I had some left over!


Smoking on the raised grid


seared on lower grid after 45 minutes of smoking in cherry


Raised again and coated with rhubarb habanero jam


Plated with sweet taters and beans


Jam used as a glaze

reelgem

Those pork chops look delicious Matt. Nice job and I love your presentation.

Car Wash Mike

Nice cook Matt.

Mike

Brokersmoker

Looks goooooood

Ross in Ventura

Great looking meal Matt

Ross

Dave in So Cal

Those are some great looking chops. Combining rhubarb and habanero is something that never would have ocurred to me in a million years. What kind of taste does the jam give to the meat?

If you have not tried it, get a rack of pork sometime and cook that. There have been several posts over the last couple months on rack of pork cooks. The chops you get are awesome. You get both the loin and the rib, so you double your pleasure.

Thanks for sharing. All of the food looks wonderful.

cookn biker

Sounds and looks great!!
I got cherry now. I'll have to give chops a whirl.

tjv

nice cook, sometimes the simple things are best. t

thailandjohn

Looking real good

bluckdaddy

Did my first chops tonight. Thought they were great until I saw yours! Those look awesome!

gsgentry

Those look wonderful. My last ones were nowhere near that beautiful!!!

NoVA Bill

Very nice. Your chops look like the ones I get a Costco, nice and thick.

Village Idiot

Good job ! I really like glazing my pork chops with pepper jelly too. I've been using Passion Fruit Jalapeno, but I'm changing brands.

Boilermaker Ben

I was thinking the same thing, Dave. Rhubarb and habanero sound like an interesting combination. I was thinking about making strawberry-rhubarb jam sometime. Maybe I'll have to set aside a little rhubarb for a couple jars of habanero jam as well.

Big George's BBQ

Very Nice