Firing up the smoker tonight.

[hutchies]

Fixin to go fire it up and put on a pork tenderloin that has been marinating in my fridge since last night. Gonna cook it for about 18-20 hours like normal. Come lunchtime tomorrow that baby will be awesome.

[Ambuscher]

Re: Firing up the smoker tonight.

I can't get my fire to last that long.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong??

[AJ]

Re: Firing up the smoker tonight.

Hutchies,

Sounds good! I can not imagine a tenderloin smoking for that long. Possibly a pork loin, but a tenderloin? Do you wrap it in bacon or constantly mopp it? I usually smoke/cook a pork shoulder (picnic or boston butt) for 20-24 hours. Actually I don't go by time, it's done when it's done. I go by temperature mainly. What kind of wood are you using? What kind of smoker do you have?

Ambusher,

It's easy to use an electric smoker for the extended smoking sessions. If its a wod/charcoal unit, you have to tend the fire. Nothing like waking up every couple hours to add fuel.

[hutchies]

Re: Firing up the smoker tonight.

Yep I have to get up about every 4 hours to add some more Hickory to it. I wrap it in aluminum foil and cook it at about 200-225 for normally 18-20 hours but if I cut into it around 15 hours and it is done then I take it off. Never tried wrapping in bacon. Just use the old Zesty Italian dressing and some black pepper and Cavenders Greek seasoning.