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Apple Sage Smoked Pork Roast

Categories Easy Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Low Carb, Main Course

This apple sage smoked pork roast is great all year round! It’s tender, smokey, sweet and the sage brings a vibrancy to the other flavors! This can be made on a smoker, pellet grill, roasting pan or in an oven. It gets nice and tender and can easily be shredded and enjoyed on it’s own or used in smoked pork sandwiches!

What you need

~6 pound pork roast – I prefer bone-in but boneless works too.
1 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon ground sage
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
2 tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 medium/large onion – diced
1 head of garlic – peeled but cloves left whole
2 bay leaves
2 cups apple juice

Instructions

  1. Mix together the chili powder, garlic powder, ground sage, smoked paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
  2. Rub seasoning all over the pork roast and place on a metal or cast iron baking pan.
  3. Add chopped onion around the roast and on top or it, along with whole head of garlic cloves and bay leaves.
  4. Add apple juice to the pan around the roast.
  5. Cook according to cooking method directions below.
If cooking in a pellet grill or smoker:

Cold smoke the roast for 1 hour uncovered then turn heat up to 250 F. and loosely cover with aluminum foil and let smoke for roughly 8 hours.
I used oak pellets when smoking this but apple, cherry, mesquite, hickory or any blend could also be used.

If making in an electric roaster pan:

Cook on 250 F. for roughly 8 hours or until pork can easily be shredded and tender when a fork pierces it.

If making in an oven:

Cover with aluminum foil and cook for 8 hours at 250 F. or until roast is tender and can easily be shredded. You can add some wood chips in an aluminum foil pouch that is open at the top and place that along side the pan for a little more smoked flavor.

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5 from 2 votes

Apple Sage Smoked Pork Roast

Delicious smoked pork roast!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dinner, Main Dish
Cuisine: Barbecue, Dinner, Low Carb, Meat, pork
Keyword: Apple, Christmas, Dinner, Easter, Easy Recipes, Healthy, Healthy Recipes, Kids Favorite, low carb, Meat, pork, Pot Roast, smoked, Weekend Dinner

Ingredients

  • ~6 pound pork roast - I prefer bone-in but boneless works too.
  • 1 teaspoons chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground Sage
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
  • 2 tablespoons Salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 medium/large onion - diced
  • 1 head of garlic cloves - peeled but left whole
  • 2 Bay leaves
  • 2 cups Apple Juice

Instructions

  • Mix together the chili powder, garlic powder, ground sage, smoked paprika, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
  • Rub seasoning all over the pork roast and place on a metal or cast iron baking pan.
  • Add chopped onion around the roast and on top or it, along with whole head of garlic cloves and bay leaves.
  • Add apple juice to the pan around the roast.
  • If cooking in a pellet grill or smoker: Cold smoke the roast for 1 hour uncovered then turn heat up to 250 F. and loosely cover with aluminum foil and let smoke for roughly 8 hours. I used oak pellets when smoking this but apple, cherry, mesquite, hickory or any blend could also be used.
  • If making in an electric roaster pan: cook on 250 F. for roughly 8 hours or until pork can easily be shredded and tender when a fork pierces it.
  • If making in an oven: cover with aluminum foil and cook for 8 hours at 250 F. or until roast is tender and can easily be shredded. You can add some wood chips in an aluminum foil pouch that is open at the top and place that along side the pan for a little more smoked flavor.