Smoked Pork Roast

Ingredients

•  Large pork roast

 Rub

• 1 cup brown sugar (I prefer piloncillo)
• 2 tablespoons kosher salt
• 1 Tablespoon black pepper
• 1 Tablespoon cayenne pepper 
• 1 Tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon ground dark roast coffee
• 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1 teaspoon onion powder

 Chipotle-Blueberry BBQ Sauce

• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup blueberry jam 
• 2 Tablespoons chipotle chiles in adobo puree
• 2 Tablespoons Steen’s Pure Cane Syrup
• 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• Salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Combine the ingredients for the rub.  Mix well. If you get the piloncillo in a solid block, soften it in the microwave for a few seconds, then chop it up.
2. Combine the ingredients for the sauce. Mix well.
3. Spread the rub over the pork roast.  Refrigerate overnight.
4. Prepare your smoker. I use the water pan.
5. Brush the sauce over the roast.
6. Place the roast in the smoker.
7. Smoke for several hours. I put it in for 6 hours, but it got overdone.

 I like the taste of the roast.  I cooked it for 6 hours with a lot of charcoal, and the meat was dry. Next time I'll either use less charcoal or cook it for less time, maybe 4 hours.

By the way, the sauce and rub also make good hamburgers.  I mix some of the sauce in the ground meat and put the rub on the outside. Then I cook it on a BBQ grill as with any burger.

Rub

Chipotle-Blueberry Sauce

Source — Genêt Hogan, Raised on a Roux

Prepared by Bruce R. Magee

Louisiana Anthology

August 4, 2016