Grilled Pork Tenderloin (2024)

🐖Ingredients

Pork tenderloin
Seasoning—salt and pepper or other seasoning
Optional brine—water, salt, sugar
Optional—BBQ dry rub, BBQ sauce, seasoning salt, glaze, marinade

👨‍🍳How to Cook a Pork Tenderloin on a Gas Grill—Step-by-Step

1. Trim the tenderloin of any excess fat and the silver skin.

2. Optional brine if you want. Wash off before proceeding.

5. Tent lightly with aluminum foil for 5 minutes before serving.

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⏲️How long to grill pork tenderloin on gas grill

It takes about 25 minutes to grill a pork tenderloin to 145° (medium-rare) with a 450° grill temperature.

• Rare(less than 145°)—Not recommended due to USDA safety recommendations.
• Medium-Rare (145°-150°) will take about 22-27 minutes.
• Medium (150°-155°) will take about 27-30 minutes.
• Medium-Well(155°-160°) will take about 29+ minutes.
• Well Done(160°+)—Not recommended due to dryness and texture.

Times will vary by the size and thickness of the pork tenderloin, your grill, and the exact temperature of the grill surface.

Times are provided to help with planning, but never cook by time; always cook to a final internal temperature. The meat will rise 2° to 4° after removal from the grill.

Seasoning/Marinades

Just coarse salt and black pepper are enough. I suggest All Purpose Seasoning - 7:2:1 and 7:2:2, with salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Try pork rubs like BBQ Dry Rub or Chipotle Dry Rub. But any seasoning or herb mix will generally work well.

For a special occasion, try a marinade, like Balsamic Marinade Pork Tenderloin or Alton Browns Chipotle Lime Pork Tenderloin. Add a glaze with Honey Garlic Pork Tenderloin. Or for the best BBQ you will ever eat with my Memphis BBQ Pork Tenderloin.

Optional brine

Brine is not needed and will add time. It will also add more moisture and tenderness, but realize that it is already very tender and moist.

A good starting point for brining is 1 tablespoon of salt per cup of water. You can fancy up your brine with sugar or brown sugar. Use about the same amount of sugar as salt. You can add garlic or other things for flavor.

An hour or two is enough time. Of course, refrigerate during the brining, rinse the tenderloin with running water, and pat dry at the end. If you do brine, do not season with additional salt.

♨️Grill setup

Almost any gas grill or charcoal grill will work. The grill surface temperature needs to be between 450 ° and 500°, which requires 60-75% power on most gas grills.

A charcoal grill may be used if you can control the surface temperature. Don't crank up the heat; watch the surface temperature. You will not need to create a large fire; you will probably need to use the grill vents to help adjust the temperature.

For help on grill surface temperature, please see my A Beginners Guide to Grill Temperature on a Gas Grill.

🍴What to serve with grilled pork tenderloin

We frequently serve with BBQ sauce. I suggest serving with hot vegetables like Grilled Mixed Vegetables or Grilled Asparagus. We also like potatoes of some type, like Grilled Baby Potatoes or Grilled Baked Potatoes without Foil.

A fresh salad goes with everything. Try our delicious Fresh Spinach Salad with Bacon, Caprese Pasta Salad, or Macaroni Salad.

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Glazed Grilled Pineapple is an excellent dessert with ice cream. During berry season, we choose Fresh Strawberry Pie.

How to store leftovers

Leftovers can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 4 days and reheated in a microwave. I love to slice up cold leftovers on a green salad.

❓FAQs

🐖About Pork Tenderloins

The tenderloin refers to the psoas muscle along the lower back. It is chicken tenderloin in chickens or beef tenderloin (filet mignon) in cattle. The psoas muscle is generally the most tender cut since it is not used for movement.

The tenderloin usually weighs about 1 to 1 ½ pounds. A large one could push
towards 2 pounds. PLEASE BE SURE YOU HAVE A TENDERLOIN AND NOT A PORK LOIN.

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Grilling pork tenderloin on a gas grill is fast and easy. With a touch of char outside and juicy and tender meat inside, we love this fool-proof recipe, and so will you.

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Nutrition Estimate

Calories : 177 kcal (9%)Protein : 31 g (62%)Fat : 5 g (8%)Saturated Fat : 2 g (10%)Polyunsaturated Fat : 1 gMonounsaturated Fat : 2 gCholesterol : 96 mg (32%)Sodium : 655 mg (27%)Potassium : 540 mg (15%)Vitamin A : 15 IUVitamin C : 1.7 mg (2%)Calcium : 10 mg (1%)Iron : 1.8 mg (10%)

Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.

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