Grill-Roasted Pork Loin for Charcoal Grill

Name: Grill-Roasted Pork Loin for Charcoal Grill
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 3/4 cup, table salt, for brining; 2.5 pound, boneless pork loin roast (blade-end), tied with kitchen twine at 1 1/2-inch intervals (see illustration below); 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 1 tablespoon, coarsely ground black pepper, or 1 recipe spice rub (see associated recipes)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2005, America's Test Kitchen TV

Inexpensive and easy to find, a boneless pork loin roast seems nicely suited to grilling. Why, then, is it so often dry and flavorless?

SERVES4 to 6

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We found that the best cut for our grill-roasted pork loin recipe was the moist and flavorful blade-end roast, brined and coated with coarsely ground pepper. We then used a two-step grilling process: searing the roast directly over the fire...

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