Honey-Barbecued Pork Loin

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 to 8

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Glory of Southern Cooking

By James Villas

Published 2007

  • About

Okay, I know that pork loin is not the best cut of meat for barbecuing, since it’s so lean and lacks the flavor and sturdiness of a fatty, husky shoulder or rack of ribs, but at least some prejudice went out the window when I tasted this luscious loin prepared by a few good folks at a church barbecue down in Marietta, Georgia. One trick was to minimize the risk of the pork’s drying out by butterflying the loin, marinating it in this almost sour-sweet mixture, and cooking it for less time th