The answer to the ever popular question "What are we smoking this weekend?" was a center cut pork loin. Here's what I did:
8 hours brine (water, salt, pepper, garlic, onion & maple syrup)
mustard slather and generic all-purpose rub (paprika, salt, sugar, pepper, garlic, onion)
2 hours apple smoke
3 1/2 hours total cooking time at ~200F, pulled it when IT hit 150F.
FTC for 3 hours.
Once again, I received another standing ovation from the family. I even got a "wicked pissa" comment, which around these parts ranks right up at the top of the charts! I know, I know, I got to get that camera out!
In any case, it ended up being a little more well done than what I personally prefer. Is it because I pulled it out too late (150F) and should go with a lower IT next time, or does this type of roast not need the FTC? Although it was very delicious, I'm always looking for perfection! Go Red Sox!
Loin does not typically need FTC. I think it would work for "holding" your meal until your ready to eat. FTC works well for fatty cuts of meat with lots of connective tissue.
For this cut it is not a good idea to use FTC, even for holding unless you under cook it. If you FTC, the loin will continue to rise higher in temperature, then it would if you only tent foiled it to let it rest
Okay guys, I've seen it several times this afternoon - "FTC" - what does it mean?
Bob
Foil, Towel, Cooler. I like to double wrap in foil, then wrap in a large towel, then place in a cooler, microwave, or pre-heated oven (with the oven off). It aids in breaking down the connective tissue in some meats and helps to kill some time till dinner without the meat cooling or drying out.
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Or, as Wildcat correctly advises, here it means wrapping cooked meat in foil, and then bundling the foiled meat in a towel, and placing the bundle into a preheated cooler to rest for a few hours.
I usually just "Fill The C_cktail" then go
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