Best Gas Grill-Smoked Pork Chops

Name: Best Gas Grill-Smoked Pork Chops
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, ketchup; 1/4 cup, molasses, light or mild; 2 tablespoons, grated onion (see note); 2 tablespoons, Worcestershire sauce; 2 tablespoons, Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons, cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon, brown sugar; 2 cups, wood chips, soaked in water at least 30 minutes (see note); 4 , bone-in rib loin pork chops (12 ounces each), 1 1/2 inches thick (see note); 4 teaspoons, kosher salt or 2 teaspoons table salt; 2 teaspoons, ground black pepper; , Disposable 13- by 9-inch aluminum cake pan

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2009

Main Courses

Pork

Grilling & Barbecue

SERVES4

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a grill-smoked pork chop recipe that had it all—charred crust, rosy-pink, ultra-moist meat, and true smoke flavor throughout—we reversed the cooking process by starting low and finishing with a quick sear. Bone-in chops were the best be...

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