This is how to make pork tenderloin on grill recipe of any size that’s rich in flavor, very tender, and moist. Keep reading to see the superb optional rub and marinade. This is listed in our Grilling on Charcoal article and also, is a part of our Grilling Main Courses Recipes Category and All Main Courses Category.
Overview of How To Make Pork Tenderloin on Grill Recipe
Now, let’s begin to see how to make pork tenderloin on grill recipe. We’ll cover the easiest and fastest way to barbecue it in about 2 to 2-1/2 hours. However, before that, we’ll go over the entire preparation process, including the optional rub and marinade to use. Then, after cooking process is presented, we’ll finish with several sections on a variety of related topics like storing leftovers, recommended sides, and some tips.
4 Steps of How To Make Pork Tenderloin on Grill Recipe
This is absolutely the best way of how to make pork tenderloin on grill recipe. Also, even better, you have options along the way and can skip some things you don’t want. To begin with, here’s the summarized list of the steps to grilling a pork tenderloin.
- Marinade option
- Pork Rub option
- Grilling Process: time, temp, vents
- Carving and serving
1. Pork Tenderloin on Grill Marinade
You can optionally marinade the pork tenderloin. So, it’s good after an hour or overnight. Here’s how.
- Cut some deep slits in the meat about every 2 inches. To clarify, you cut down about 1/2 way and the slits are only about 1 inch long.
- Make this marinade and pour it into a food storage bag (or container that can be covered later). It’s enough for up to a 4 pound pork roast.
- ⅓ cup soy sauce
- ⅓ cup oil vegetable oil (corn, peanut, or olive oil).
- 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- ⅔ Tbsp. minced garlic (or half that amount as garlic powder)
- Then, put the meat in the food storage bag (or covered container) with the marinade. After that, keep it in the fridge about an hour minimum or overnight maximum.
- When ready to proceed, remove the meat from the bag or container and discard the marinade.
2. Pork Tenderloin on Grill Rub
When you’re ready to cook, apply this optional pork tenderloin on grill rub. You can apply it to a plain pork tenderloin or to a marinated one.
Just rub it all over the meat, except none is used on the fat side. It uses about 10 ingredients.
3a. Cooking Pork Tenderloin on Grill TEMP
You can now make the pork tenderloin on grill temp to be around 325⁰F to 350⁰F, max at 375⁰F. Then, cook the meat, fat side down, on indirect heat with the grill cover on. Also, you’ll need to manage your grill’s venting to stay around this temperature range.
It’s okay if it sometimes gets too high or low. It’s good to check the temp about every 15 minutes initially until you’re confident it’s fairly stable.
Char-broil shows a totally different approach. They show a high grilling temp of 500⁰F on their guide of how to grill pork tenderloin. Their focus is to emphasize a lot of searing throughout the entire grilling session to give a good outer crust. But, I’d be too worried about charring the meat too much. However, it does sound good.
3b. Cooking HOW LONG Pork Tenderloin on Grill
The pork tenderloin grill time varies but it tends to be about 2 full hours for 2 to 3 pounds. With anything larger, consider to add about 1/2 hour per pound. However, if you cook it at a higher 400⁰F, it may be done around 45 minutes or less. Regardless, the emphasis is to cook it on indirect heat. For more on this subject, read our article “Charcoal Grill Indirect Heat: Set Up & Cooking”.
Also, know that the higher temp and shorter time won’t have the permeated flavors, the tenderness, and the moistness. To be sure, you’ll want to focus on the internal temp for confirmation of doneness.
3c. Pork Tenderloin Internal Temp
The safe internal temp for a pork tenderloin is going to be 160⁰F for well done or 145⁰F for medium rare. However, to ensure it’s tender, you want to get it higher to about 175⁰F to 180⁰F.
To this end, it’s a huge difference letting it cook an extra 1/2 hour to reach this higher temp. Also, when combined with the subsequent resting period, it will ensure your roast is very tender.
Finally, let’s confirm some food safety from the pork meat experts. Pork.org reports a pork cooking temperature in ranges. Also, the same health internal cooked temps for pork tenderloin are shown on the USDA site.
4. Carving and Serving Grill Pork Tenderloin
When it’s done remove it from the grill. Then, you’ll need to let it rest before carving and serving this fantastic grilled pork tenderloin. It’s still cooking and tenderizing so, give it a good 10-15 minutes resting time. This also helps it retain some of its moistness.
So, after the resting period is over, you can carve it deli thin or about 1/4-inch thick or more. Then, it’s ready to serve.
Grilling A Pork Tenderloin On A Charcoal Grill
When grilling a pork tenderloin on a charcoal grill, the cover lid should be in place. You’ll be adding charcoal at least once for a 2 to 4 pound roast. So, this might occur about 45-minutes to 1 hour after placing the meat on it.
With attention to the vents, consider to open them wide again after refilling the charcoal. Then, check it in about 15-20 minutes and consider changing the vents back.
Good Sides for Pork Tenderloin
Here’s a list of some good sides for pork tenderloin.
- Applesauce
- Saffron rice
- mashed potatoes
- regular baked potatoes or loaded baked potatoes
- Egg Potato Salad
- Macaroni and Cheese
- Coleslaw
- Cooked Cabbage or Southern Cooked Cabbage
- Zucchini & Yellow Squash; read more about difference between zucchini and yellow squash
- Green beans
- Potatoes and Green Beans
- Corn on the cob from grill or Corn on the cob from oven
- Corn from stovetop
- Cucumber Tomato Salad
- Asparagus with Tomatoes
- Fried Mushrooms and Fried Mushroom Horseradish Dipping Sauce
Leftover Pork Tenderloin
You can store leftover pork tenderloin for lots of future meal ideas. Here are some of them:
- Slice it thin enough for sandwiches.
- Cube it for making an Asian pork fried rice.
- Cube it and reheat it with barbecue sauce and serve on top of egg noodles.
- Reheat it and have it as pork tenderloin again!
Storing Pork Tenderloin
Storing pork tenderloin for future meals is a great idea. Usually you don’t want to go past 2-3 days in the fridge for reusing. Although, some places are suggesting up to 5 days, I haven’t experienced it being that healthy past 3 days.
Waiting 3 days in the fridge before freezing is not recommended since that’s my recommended last usage duration. With this in mind, it’s good to think about freezing any or all of it the night you originally cooked it. With attention to food safety, it’s a good practice. Also, freezing cooked pork will be fine for about 3 months.
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Conclusion of How To Make Pork Tenderloin on Grill Recipe
Now you’ve seen how to make pork tenderloin on grill recipe. You’ve been shown an optional marinade you can use as well as an optional rub. And, you’ve see all the tips on how to ensure it’s extra tender and still be moist. Also, you’ve seen a long list of sides that go extremely well with this grilled pork. Plan on making it and share your experience here.
Pork Tenderloin on Grill Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2½ lbs pork tenderloin
- ½ tsp Ground Black Pepper optional & if no other rub
- 1 pinch Garlic Powder optional & if no other rub
- 1 Tbsp Pork Rub optional
Instructions
- Unpackage and rinse roast. Optionally marinade for 1 hour or overnight.2½ lbs pork tenderloin
- Optionally, apply any chosen rub: black pepper and/or garlic powder OR just pork rub.½ tsp Ground Black Pepper, 1 pinch Garlic Powder
- Place pork on preheated grill, fat side down, for indirect heating, and cover grill. Adjust vents to cook between 325℉-350℉.
- When internal temp reaches 175℉ to 185℉, remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes minimum. Then, carve and serve.
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