Smoker in da house!
Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 10:16PM | Darya 
pork chop and kale
We introduced a new appliance into our family this week, the Bradley electric smoker. This smoker allows you to smoke meats and other edibles using any wood flavors you want.
Ultimately we hope to be master smokers, making our own hickory smoked bacon, mesquite smoked ribs and even whole smoked turkeys. But for our first run at it we went with a simple applewood smoked pork chop.
It was breathtaking.
For the meat I picked up some heritage pre-brined Berkshire pork chops at my very favorite San Francisco grocer, Bi-Rite market. Because it was pre-seasoned, we did nothing else to it except smoke it until cooked (~3 hrs). The results were phenomenal, as you can see. We served it up with some kale.
Mission accomplished, we are certainly going to be having some fun with this one.
Reader Comments (11)
I am so envious! But that pork chop looks heavenly. I can almost smell it...I have visions of building a smoker in a yard, together with a pizza oven, and a grill, all stone and clay...Just dreams. I am eager to hear more about your experiences with the electric one, because it seems more realistic than mine:)
I think it is sooo adorable that you are referring to you and Kev as the "family" - IF that is what your talking bout :) You two are the best together, and I hope you are always happily together :)
Processing meat this way sounds highly carcinogenic.
Totally Yum!
Mmm... did you say "whole turkey"?
@CDainMiller Awwww, thanks xoxo
All I can say is Mmmmm!
I definitely recommend brining the pork yourself as well. It takes water, salt, sugar and a mix of herbs and seasonings (clove, garlic, sage, bay leaf, whole pepper etc). 6-10 hours later and voila! Juicy juicy pork to be cooked, or smoked.
I've thought of picking up one of these smokers, where did you and Kevin place it while using it?
Just added the smoker to my Amazon Wish List. Can't wait to try it!
@Josh It puts off a lot of smoke, so we keep/use it outside.
@Laura Hehe, I usually brine my own but we were impatient this time. BiRite does a good job :)
bay leaf, whole pepper etc). 6-10 hours later and voila! Juicy juicy pork to be cooked, or smoked.