Description
A simple, tried-and-true Smoked Pork Chops recipe that teaches you how to use your smoker to make a delicious dinner!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 (1-inch) pork chops (preferably bone-in)
- kosher salt and ground black pepper
Instructions
- Prep: Preheat smoker to 225 degrees F. and ensure grill grates are clean.
- Season Pork Chops: Pat pork chops dry with a clean paper towel. Season with salt and pepper.
- Smoke Pork Chops: Place pork chops on the smoker and let cook for 50-60 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F. Use a meat thermometer!
- Sear: Remove pork chops from smoker and then turn smoker all the way up and return pork chops to grill grates sear on both sides 30-60 seconds. Alternatively, as the pork chops are reaching 140 degrees F. you can turn your grill up to high heat and then move the pork chops directly to the hot grill and sear both sides 30-60 seconds. Additionally, you could achieve this in a hot cast iron skillet on the stove top. My preferred method is the grill!
- Rest: Remove pork chops from smoker (or grill or cast iron skillet) and let rest for 5-10 minutes.
- Serve: Enjoy right away with your favorite side dishes!
Notes
- Seasoning: feel free to use this pork chop seasoning, if you want!
- Brine: we also have a quick pork chop brine, if desired.
- Marinades: we do have some amazing pork chop marinades on the blog, but when you are smoking I wouldn’t recommend going heavy on a seasoning OR marinating – it covers up a lot of that smokey flavor. If you want to use a marinade, then I would recommend making grilled pork chops.
- Internal Temperature: there are so many variables that go into how long it takes to smoke something (wind, humidity, temperature, hot spots, etc.) – the best way to track when something is done on the smoker is to use an internal meat thermometer or a probe.
- Wood Chips/Pellets: recommend using apple wood chips here (apple + pork are a staple bbq combo).
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pork chop
- Calories: 152
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 226.5 mg
- Fat: 4.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 0.4 g
- Fiber: 0.1 g
- Protein: 25.5 g
- Cholesterol: 71.4 mg