The Best Smoked Pork Chops Recipe | How to Make Pellet Grill Pork Chops

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar offers a lower glycemic index.

pork chops

🥗Healthier: chicken breasts

💰Cheaper: pork loin

Chicken breasts are leaner and often less expensive.

Introduce the recipe and thank Strip District Meats for providing the pork chops.

Show the bone-in pork chops, about 1 inch thick, and mention no trimming is needed.

Season the pork chops with Pit Boss all-purpose GSP rub, ensuring an even coating on both sides and the edges.

Prepare the smoker (Pit Boss Platinum Series Lockhart) and set it to 275°F.

Use Pit Boss competition blend pellets for smoking and supplement with a smoke tube for extra flavor.

Insert a meat thermometer (Meat Stick X) into the pork chop to monitor internal temperature.

Smoke the pork chops until they reach an internal temperature of 145°F, flipping them once during the process.

Prepare the honey garlic sauce by mixing half a cup of ketchup, three tablespoons of honey, two tablespoons of soy paste, and two cloves of garlic in a bowl.

Brush the sauce onto the pork chops when they reach about 130°F, ensuring to coat both sides.

Open the sear burner on the smoker and let the pork chops bake with the sauce for about two minutes.

Sear the pork chops over direct flame for about one minute on each side, adding more sauce as desired.

Let the pork chops rest for about 15 minutes before slicing into them.

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