Are You Ready for Some football

Are You Ready for Some football?

fOOTBALL AND TRAEGER

The Football season is right around the corner and nothing seems to improve football more then some food on the Traeger.

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Click here for my pizza post

Here are some Traeger Recipe for good football eats

Big Game Day Ribs

STICKY TERIYAKI PORK & PINEAPPLE SKEWERS

BACON-WRAPPED POULTRY PORK SKEWERS

Meatball Onion Bombs

Brats in Beer bath

Pulled Pork

Pulled Pork Mac and Cheese

Simple Steak

Flat Bread Pizz 3 ways

Super Bowl Food The Ultimate Football Food

Pork Loin Traeger Recipe

Two Pork Loins roasted low and slow with a smoke tube

Pork Loin Traeger Recipe

Pork is one of my Favorite things to cook on the Traeger.  I've cooked Pulled Pork, Pork Chops, Pork Ribs and Pork Tenderloin.  I do Like Pork Loins because I enjoy a roast pork sandwich on garlic bread. I do cook the Garlic bread on the Traeger.  I have also found that center cut pork loin is the best cut to use.   You may notice I use a smoke tube, for some extra smoke. Click Here for blog post about smoke tube

The Butcher cut the pork loin into steaks or Chops but I prefer to cook it whole and slice it myself.

I dry rub the Pork loin.  I place it on the Traeger at 225.  I spray with apple juice every 30 minutes or so.  I pull at an Internal temperature of 140 to 145 and let it rest tented in foil for 15 minutes or so. Then just slice and enjoy.  It goes great on Garlic bread with a slice of grill pineapple

2 pork loins good enouh to eat

2 pork loins good enouh to eat

please note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipes would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.

Smoked Pork Tenderloin - Traeger Recipe

Smoked Pork TenderLoins

Traeger Recipe

Smoked Pork Tenderloin.
I have cooked it with a dry rub or Marinated in Italian Dressing.
The Method is the same either way.

Smoked Pork Tenderloin Traeger Recipe

Startup Procedure
Start Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open'
Preheat lid closed to temperature of 225
Place on grill
cook till an Internal Temperature of 145.
If you don't Marinate you may want to spray with apple Juice every hour or so

The Sweet Potatoes cooked for 2 hours at 225 they could have used an extra hour.  The Microwave makes up for under-cooked potatoes.

Please Note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.

Pulled pork bone in - Traeger Recipe

Pulled pork bone in - Traeger Recipe

Pulled pork bone in - Traeger Recipe

Pulled Pork Traeger Recipe

Ingredients:

Bone In Pork Butt 6 to 10 lbs or more

Your favorite Dry rub for Pork

Apple Juice in spray bottle

Preperation

Rub Pork Butt all over with your favorite rub

Grill Setup

Start Traeger on smoke for 10 minutes with lid open'

Preheat lid closed to temperature 225
Some People smoke for first 3 hours either using 180 or the smoke setting
then raise to 225.

The Cook

Right before placing on grill spray with apple juice all over

Place Pork Butt on Traeger

Spray with apple juice every 30 minutes or so

After about 3 hours you can move to shallow pan with enough apple juice to cover bottom of pan
At about 6 hours place temperature probe in Traeger.

Continue to cook till an Internal Temperature of 203 degrees

Once desired temperature reached removed from grill double wrap in foil and place in cooler to rest for 1 to 3 hours.  Pull and enjoy.  We use a light coating of Jack Daniels BBQ sauce after we pull

Recipe Notes

I delay putting the Probe in because its going to take 10 hours or more to cook and the probe gives the smoke a few more places to escape.

Some people wrap the butt  (Texas crutch) at about 160 to get past the stall

Tong Test if you dont cook to temperature --When you can lift the Butt with Tongs and the bone falls out its ready

Please Note:

Any recipe I make is just a guideline.  I am not a big fan of gooey sauces so almost everything is I cook would be a dry rub.  You of course should experiment and see what works best for you.  I don't often recommend a rub because it is a matter of personnel taste.  These recipe would also work well on most other pellet grills or charcoal and gas grill using indirect heat for the low temperature recipes.