How long do you smoke a 3 pound pork roast?

Answer 1

It's not so much "how long", but "to what temperature". There are too many factors to consider to set a specific time to say "it's done". Factors such as your type of smoker, the type of fuel you are using (charcoal, lump charcoal, wood, etc), the weather outside, how windy it is, how much meat you have and the size of your loins. Each of these factors weighs upon how fast your pork loin (or anything you smoke) will take to come to temperature.

Cooking to temperature also means that you need a good way to check your temps. Most folks that use smokers end up working with a few probe thermometers. These are thermometers that have the temperature probe on a wire so that you can leave it in the meat while it sits in the smoker, and all the electronics sit outside the smoker. That way you don't have to keep opening up the smoker to check the temps with an instant read and letting all the heat out.

So back to how long to smoke a pork loin. For medium, smoke till it is 160, for more well done, 170. And remember that your meat will keep cooking if you foil it when you take it off the smoker.

Lots of folks recommend that you foil the loin at about 140-145 degrees, then pull it from the smoker at 155 or so and place in a warm cooler with towels to let it set up and finish cooking to 160-170. The foil helps the meat to stay moist too. You don't want it going much over 170 or it will be dry.

Enjoy!