Barbecued Pork Loin

This rotisserie pork with a homemade sauce also makes the best sandwiches.


Ingredients
8 lb. pork loin roast
Salt and pepper
Barbecue Sauce:
1/2 C. (1 medium) chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced or 1/8 tsp. instant minced garlic
2 Tbsp. oil or shortening
1 C. catsup
1/2 C. water
1/4 C. firmly packed brown sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. crushed leaf thyme
3 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. prepared mustard
1 lemon, thinly sliced
Dash Tabasco sauce

Directions
Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper. Prepare barbecue sauce by sautéing onion and garlic in oil in fry pan until tender. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Run spit through center of meat, making sure it is evenly balanced. Secure to rotisserie with heavy cord. Insert meat thermometer to tip is in center of roast but not resting in fat, bone or on the rod. Arrange coals for roasting meat; grill over hot coals for 2 hours until meat thermometer reaches 140F. Continue grilling brushing with barbecue sauce every 20 minutes until roast reaches 170F internal temperature, about 1-1/2 to 2 hours longer.