Smoked Pork Chops on a Traeger
Smoked pork chops on a Traeger make a delicious main dish, especially when covered in an irrestistible orange glaze. Try this easy recipe!
Equipment
- Traeger smoker
- Instant-read meat thermometer
Ingredients
- 4 or 5 pork loin chops, bone in or boneless ¾ inch thick
- ½ cup orange marmalade
- ⅓ cup Dijon mustard
- ½ cup brown sugar firmlh packed
Instructions
- Place the pork chops in a baking dish.
- Mix the glaze ingredients together.
- Spread the glaze over the pork chops.
- Cover and refrigerate the pork chops.
- Turn the Traeger grill on high and heat to 180 degrees with the lid closed.
- After about 15 minutes, reduce the heat to smoke.
- Use a metal brush to scrape the grill.
- Bring out the pork chops and place on the grill.
- With the temperature still at 180 degrees, smoke for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, turn the grill to high and cook for 20 more minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 145 degrees.
- If you have a grill that has a temperature you can set, set the grill to 500 degrees.
- Check the meat with an instant-read meat thermometer before removing from the grill.
- Let the cooked pork chops or pork loins rest for 3 minutes before serving.