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Great cook, hate myself for the lousy cell phone pics. Blackened SV Pork Tenderloin

I've been proud of myself for using my good SLR.  Lazy me, didn't today, and my dinner looks like crap with the cell phone pics I took.

Oh well.

I threw a tenderloin still in the factory farm cryopak into 135 F water with a sous vide controller attached.  Cooked for 2.5-3 hours. Started drinking.  Fired up the grill, threw some big-ass chunks of pecan to augment the very little lump that was left. (dry lump does not spark - confirmation - I just burned it last night).  Drank more.  Sprinkled cajun blackened seasoning on liberally and cooked/seared on the small grate at nuclear temps right above the coals for about 60-90 seconds a side. 

mother (expletive) (expletive) $%^&*^%$#^& good. 

Pictures suck, so I guess it wasn't that good/didn't happen.  4-cheese risotto and potato/green been salad are the sides.




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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    ..., oh, and the tenderloin was on sale.  I think I spend $8 on it.  Lot of leftovers. 
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    Got to get my sous vide rig together. That's some awesome looking tenderloin right there Nola. Tenderloin is one my favorite cooks......cheap, quick and easy to get great results.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
  • For crappy cell phone pictures it looks mighty good! What was the IT of that loin, looks perfect.
    LBGE
    Go Dawgs! - Marietta, GA
  • That looks mighty gooooood!
    Flint, Michigan
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    For crappy cell phone pictures it looks mighty good! What was the IT of that loin, looks perfect.
    Internal temp was about 135F according to the SV controller.  My thermapen said it was 134F.  Close e-nuff.
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  • You said you SVed for 2.5 to 3 hours. Do you know what the pasteurization time is at 135?.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

  • this has to be the longest thread title ever?

    Pork looks great!
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    You said you SVed for 2.5 to 3 hours. Do you know what the pasteurization time is at 135?.
    About 30 minutes at 135 - that's after it's 135 all the way through.  Not sure what it is for trichinosis, but I'm pretty sure I'm cool there too - if not, F-it, it's not from Boudreaux's slop farm - it's commercial and safe in that respect.
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  • I need to get a book I guess. I was under the impression that the pasteurization was a product of time and temp. I do eat raw beef and have eaten marinated pork that was in an airline luggage terminal overnight but that is another story

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102

    AleBrewer said:
    this has to be the longest thread title ever?

    Pork looks great!
    Cool, you've motivated me to set a new bar by starting a thread with the title "The longest thread title:  how to post something informative and interesting without being wordy, and boring the hell out of people that have the attention span of an ADHD 4 year old"  (or something to that effect).  :D
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    Steve - I've dug it up before and posted.  There's a pretty simple guideline that covers most of the microbiological pathogens.  Trichinosis is a little more demanding, but there's really low risk there unless you're cooking up bear meat or wild pig.
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  • I've been reading the last little while. I guess I was thinking pasteurization took the time but it's more for tenderness of tougher cuts.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

  • Why abreviate ADHD then? Go for the gold!
    Flint, Michigan
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    In general, you can sum up pasteurization as a function of time and temp.  The lower the temp, the more time you need.  There's a tipping point where you're incubating if the temp is lower, maintaining a stasis at the set temp, and reducing micro biologicals any hotter.  I believe that temp is 131.5 F.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    Why abreviate ADHD then? Go for the gold!
    hahaha yeah you right!
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    Under 131.5, food safety guide lines have a 4 hour clock, where everything is reversed - less time is better.
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 11,452
    thickness of the meat is a factor too, I think.
    canuckland
  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
    thickness of the meat is a factor too, I think.
    Yes, good point.  In general, the sous vide recipes have different times for different thicknesses/sizes.  The safety tables are the time once the food is at the setpoint temp.
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  • You said you SVed for 2.5 to 3 hours. Do you know what the pasteurization time is at 135?.
    From Douglas Baldwin:

    Pasteurization Time for Meat (Beef, Pork, and Lamb)
    (starting at 41°F / 5°C and put in a 131–151°F / 55–66°C water bath)
    55°C56°C57°C58°C59°C60°C
    Thickness131°F133°F134.5°F136.5°F138°F140°F
    5 mm2 hr1¼ hr60 min45 min40 min30 min
    10 mm2 hr1½ hr1¼ hr55 min45 min40 min
    15 mm2¼ hr1¾ hr1½ hr1¼ hr60 min55 min
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    61°C62°C63°C64°C65°C66°C
    Thickness142°F143.5°F145.5°F147°F149°F151°F
    5 mm25 min25 min18 min16 min14 min13 min
    10 mm35 min30 min30 min25 min25 min25 min
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