If you’re ready for the ultimate dinner that has tons of flavor and NO sauce, you’ve got to make these bacon wrapped pork chops on smoker this week!
We recently moved to more rural area where it snows and the “thing to do” is stock up on meat throughout the year. We gave it a whirl recently and bought a pig! Needless to say we now have a lot of wonderful organic pork to use and thus this smoked bacon wrapped pork chops recipe was born. It’s one of our favorite electric smoker recipes.
Since we got our smoker a few years ago it has been my husband’s go to way to cook things and I couldn’t be happier! The one we have at our house is below, just for reference.
I will say that not everything my husband cooks turns out perfect. BUT this and the smoked baked potatoes were perfection!!! You can make it any brand you have really.
Ingredient Notes
You of course want some bone in or boneless pork chops – we made 4 which fed the 5 of us, one of the best meats to smoke. I would recommend regular sized vs. 2 inch thick pork chops as those take a lot longer and may cause bacon to get too browned.
- Bacon – we used 4 slices per pork chop, thick slices
- Spices – listed below in recipe card
- Wood chips or wood pellets – for electric smokers we use apple chips
- Potatoes – will link recipe when that post is done, you can watch the video on how to make those here
How Long to Cook Bacon Wrapped Pork Chops
Once you preheat your smoker and coat your meat with pork chops dry rub you’ll want to wrap slices of bacon width wise on to each one and secure with toothpicks. Then these took approx 1.5 hrs. to be cooked through and reach a safe internal temperature. Thickness will cause the cook time to vary a bit, thin pork chops aer closer to 1 hour.
How do you know when pork chops are done?
Always ensure internal temp of pork is at least 145 degrees. The way to properly check temp is to remove from heat and insert your thermometer into the thickest part. If you don’t have one, slice in half and if it is opaque it needs more time, juices should run clear too.
Do pork chops get more tender the longer you cook them?
NO. Keep an eye on them for sure. If these babies are cooked for even 5 minutes too long they will dry out more than you’d like. Moist in the center is what you want with a crust on the outside. Unlike smoked pulled pork where longer is better, chops are more sensitive.
Then test if it’s reached temperature. If it hasn’t, continue cooking until it’s safe to consume. Then allow to sit after removing from smoker for 15 minutes before slicing to keep juicy. If you’re ready to try something else amazing after this try our smoked bread on the side.
Bacon Wrapped Pork Chops Recipe
Equipment
- 1 smoker
Ingredients
- 4 medium pork chops
- 16 slices bacon , thicker variety works best
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp salt, we use brand Real Salt
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tbsp chili powder
- 1/2 tbsp paprika
Instructions
- Mix all spices together in a bowl well.
- Massage the dry rub on each pork chop, on the bottom and top.
- Wrap 4 strips of bacon on each pork chop width wise.
- Fill wood chip container, put into smoker and put pork chops on top racks.
- Close door and cook at 275 degrees for 90 minutes (timing may need to be adjusted depending on how thick your chops and bacon are, I would check after 70 minutes).
- Allow to rest when done on counter for at least 5 minutes so juices stay in meat.
Video
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Other Pork Recipes You’ll Love
You can make these bacon wrapped air fryer pork chops and the best oven baked pork chops too! Grilled pork chops are great during the summertime. Air fryer bacon is wonderful too. Here’s the printable recipe for our dry pork rub and smoked bacon wrapped pork chops.
If you are obsessed with this cut of meat as we are you can also try smoked pork steaks some other night! To make more in your smoker you’ll need this meat smoking chart to know what temp and how long to cook each meat. If your smoker doesn’t have a built in digital thermometer you’ll want that too.
Can i Make these without a smoker? like in a pan or oven?
Yes you could, timing will depend on flame of stovetop but imagine about 5 minutes on each side over medium high heat. In oven typically 12 minutes at 425 like this recipe https://temeculablogs.com/best-baked-pork-chops/ is good.
About how thick were your pork chops?
Did these last night on my Traeger. Cooked boneless chops to an internal temp of 145. Let rest as temp rose to 150. Moist and perfectly white (no pink) meat. Great flavor. Absolutely fantastic. Definitely a keeper.
Excellent
Trying this on my Yoder ya 640 wrapped in garlic bacon.
I’m smoking these tonight! Did you use bone-in pork chops? Will let you know how mine turn out. I’m using a Masterbuilt electric smoker.
Yes they were bone in.
This was the very first thing I made with my new electric smoker.
It is, by far, the best thing I have ever cooked, with my friends and family loving how good, moist, and flavorful these came out.
Thank you very much.
So glad you loved them!
My brother-in-law went out the next day after eating these and purchased a smoker.
Quick and easy for those days when you don’t have the time.
Thanks!
Yeah!!