{"id":3100,"slug":"smoked-pork-roast","title":"Smoked Pork Roast","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["1 ea. (4 pounds) boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of excess fat","1 cup salt","2 cups boiling apple cider vinegar","1 pound ice cubes","¼ cup paprika","2 tbsp cayenne pepper","2 tbsp light brown sugar","2 tbsp dehydrated lemon peel","2 tbsp black peppercorns, cracked","Forearm-sized hickory wood chunks","¾ cup honey"],"ingredients_norm":["ea. boneless pork loin roast","salt","boiling apple cider vinegar","ice cube","paprika","cayenne pepper","light brown sugar","dehydrated lemon peel","black peppercorns cracked","forearm sized hickory wood chunk","honey"],"steps":["Combine salt, honey, and vinegar in a 6-quart container. Add ice, cover, and shake until ice is mostly melted and brine has cooled.","Add pork roast, toss to coat, and weigh down if needed. Refrigerate 3–3.5 hours.","Take roast out of brine; rinse with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels and set aside.","Combine seasonings and sugar. Press into all sides of meat. Set aside.","Preheat smoker to 200°F with the hickory chunks. Add roast, cover, and cook until internal temperature reaches 135°F for medium rare.","Remove to a plate and cover tightly with foil. Let rest 15 minutes before serving."],"categories":["Pork recipes","Recipes using pork","Smoked recipes","Recipes using vinegar","Main course recipes","Recipes using light brown sugar","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using paprika","Recipes using pepper","Recipes using honey","Recipes using lemon zest"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Smoked_Pork_Roast","source_ref":"4509980","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Smoked_Pork_Roast&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"73a55aa24cbc4504e1b951aecc9cab8df138a8bdfc3ac41d0b7cc62132ac12db","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:22Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/smoked-pork-roast"}