Smoked Pork Steaks Dry Rub

If you’ve never made smoked pork steaks with dry rub before you are missing out on a great Traeger dinner! Full of flavor and easy to make.

Smoked Pork Steaks Traeger

We started with these bacon wrapped smoked pork chops and moved to steaks. I honestly hadn’t tried a pork steak recipe before and I am not a steak fan in general.

I will have to admit my husband’s pork dry rub recipe it takes it to a whole new level. They’re part of our electric smoker recipes round up but have been made in a pellet grill too. That way you add tons of flavor at the very beginning and as it cooks they soak in more and more.

You can keep it the rub listed below nice and sweet and savory or add more heat to make it spicy. Either way it is out of this world and you will have no need for sauce, though you could add some too if you like.

To get your meats absolutely perfect we have this printable meat smoking chart to refer to so each and every time it will be fork tender.

Smoked Pork Steaks Dry Rub

You do not need any sauce, the rub has tons of flavor and with the smoke flavor it’s just…..yum!! If you haven’t tried smoking meats before it is quite easy and you can really do it all year but we do it most during the summertime. We have a basic electric smoker and just got this pellet smoker, but this recipe will work for any style you might have.

The only thing you might need to adjust would be the timing. Depending on the size and thickness of your pork steaks it will vary slightly but we’ve made this several times and 90 minutes seems to be quite right to reach the necessary internal temperature for pork and not have it overdone.

I might check after 70 minutes or so if yours are a bit thinner and gage how much longer they might need.

Always allow your meats to rest for a good 15 minutes after removing them from the heat. Keep them covered with some foil to keep them warm during this time. You can make your side dishes at this time. Then serve and slice. If you don’t allow them to rest the juices will flow out when cut and won’t be as moist.

Here is a spicy dry rub for pork you could use rather than the one below. This and our tri tip dry rub are both really good. Barbecue sauce is great if you want to make bbq pork steaks. Add some heat with your sauce for extra intensity or leave more mild and/or sweet.

Ingredients

• Wood chips or pellets for smoker
  • we like using apple for this
• Pork steaks
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1 tbsp garlic powder
• About 1/2-1 tbsp powdered sriracha depending on how daring you are
• 1/4 c salt

Tips

• Don’t overcook your blade steaks, nobody likes dry pork
• Always check the internal temperature before serving. Follow guidelines in meat smoker printable linked below.
• Place directly on your grill grate to get nice marks on the outsides
• Cook time depends on how thick your pieces are

Last but certainly not least you always want to allow your proteins to rest. A good 15 minutes covered with aluminum foil to stay warm is sufficient. That locks those juices inside instead of letting them flow out of your meat and on to your plate.

You’ll want a small bowl handy for the seasonings. I use the same for pork butt, Boston butt, pork shoulder and even on St. Louis ribs. It is killer!!

How to Cook Traeger Dry Rub Pork Steaks

• Mix all spices together in a bowl breaking up any lumps so everything is combined well.
• Preheat your smoker to 275 degrees and add enough wood chips.
• Massage this pork steak dry rub on the top and bottom of all your pieces of meat.
• Place steaks on top racks of smoker so they are not overlapping.
• Close door and allow to cook for approx 1 hour 30 minutes
  • depending on how thick they are there may be a slight variance of time
  • just ensure when done that it reaches at least 145 degrees in the middle to be safe.
• Remove the pork steaks and allow to rest.
• If you love a rich sauce baked on you should brush it on top about 15 minutes before they are ready to take off so the flavors can seep in and it can begin to brown just a bit. That will intensify the flavors and make them out of this world.

I sometimes add a little barbecue sauce to these or our pork steaks in the oven because it will caramelize with the heat and make the flavors really pop.

Looking for other smoker recipes? We have a bunch now that you can search for in the search bar of my site or use the navigation bar for that category. A few favorites are below but we publish a few new ones each and every month too so make sure to sign up for my newsletter below to get them via. email.

Cooking pork in a pressure cooker or air fryer pork steak is a fabulous way to get it tender too.

1. Then try the best way to smoke ribs with dry rub of course on those too
2. If your smoker doesn’t have a built in digital thermometer you’ll want that too.
3. Best smoked turkey is the best way to cook it ever for the holiday season
4. This is how to smoke salmon, it’s amazing

Our next most popular one is this smoked pulled pork though. With the same dry rub as here, it’s out of this world great. Served with some sauteed mushrooms is a great meal for sure.