Cheap pork chops

I went to Costco to buy some steaks to grill. At first I saw some nice choice beef tenderloins for $10.99 /lb so I grab that. Then I saw some nice thick pork chops for $1.48 /lb. After short conversation with the wife, I put the beef tenderloins back and kept the pork chops. Prices on pork is low right now that I couldn't justify spending 7 times more for beef than pork.

The chops were thick so I decided to reverse sear on the Weber kettle. I seasoned the chops with Montreal steak seasoning.


I used some Western lump with some cherry wood chips for smoke and cooked it indirect for 25 minutes until the pork internal temp hit about 130 F.


Then I did quick finish sear before removing it from the grill.


Grilled chops were great with just right amount of cherry smoke flavor. It wasn't beef tenderloin but I didn't pay 7 times the cost either.


With the savings, I instead bought small prime beef brisket to use for Korean BBQ. The cost of pork chops and beef brisket was less than beef tenderloin. I call that a win.

Big George's BBQ said:

Chops look Great. Hope to see the Korean BBQ

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Thanks! I'm going to use the beef brisket to make chadolbaegi. Here's some chadolbaegi and other Korean BBQ I made earlier this year. https://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257515

I prefer to use smaller sized beef brisket for chadolbaegi. You're supposed to only use the point but I use the whole thing, point and flat.