Reheating Pulled Pork - boiling water method not perfected yet

jaymer

When i saw JSlot in Lakeland, he was reheating his prior-weekend-cooked Pork in a big pot of hot water.
Ok, so I tried that and... well, lets say I'm 0 for 2[p]This was for testing (kinda), so yes I might be stupid, but thats what testing is for. [p]I pulled a FROZEN ziploc freezer bag out of the fridge and put it in a 5 qt pan of water. The width of the meat wouldn't totally fit in the pan (like long spagetti wont until you break it) so i kind prodded it here and there, and part of the baggie was hanging over the edge. I did this fiddling for several minutes.
Later, I picked up the bag to see I had water in the bag, and yes, a hole hear one of the ends - I imagine burned by the hot sides of the pan. I drained the water seeing lots of seasoning going down the drain. It sure was good though, plenty hot (maybe abnormally moist) and I thought to myself "I may never reheat pork in the microwave again"[p]Next try - since I didn't eat all that (but what I did sure was MOIST!) I just tupperware'd it for the next night. Then I found a handy ziploc sandwich bag. Filled that puppy and into a smaller pan it went. Things seemed ok - I was concerned with the top of the bag as it was falling over onto the pan rim (didn't want another hole) so I picked up the bag from the ziploc and WHAMMO - the bottom seam opened and I had a pot of pork soup. (It ended up being Moist too <G>)[p]So I figure the bottom of the pan just melted the plastic - though I didn't have the electric stove on HI.[p]Does anyone reheat this way for personal eating?
JSlot had a big pot cause they had big bags of it - and I may need to do that in a few weekends for 100 people, so whats the right combination to do this? I certainly can't afford to lose a whole bag-of-butt into my reheating water. Do I need stronger plastic? Is a vacuum sealer bag better to use? Do I not need boiling water?[p]thx
jaymer...

fishlessman

jaymer,
ive had problems with the baggies melting too, but found that the vacuum bags dont melt. i use an aluminum fry pot with a strainer basket. with the pulled pork i put a tablespoon of coke and chicken broth mix in the bottom before adding pork and sealing. comes out fresh tasting and moist

fishlessman

<p />i used this while ice fishing this year and it worked well with the vacuum sealed bags. did fried seafood one day and pulled pork and pastrami the second day

TRex

jaymer,[p]I've used this method for reheating both pulled pork and slices of pork tenderloin, and yes the bag does tend to get a bit soggy (looks like it wants to melt), but I've never had it melt. I do make sure there is SOME air in the bag so that it is somewhat bouyant and, therefore, does not touch the bottom of the pot. I also try to keep it from touching the sides.[p]Also, if you had a little steamer basket (like for steaming broccoli), you could put your bag in that and put that basket over the boiling water, that would keep the basket further from the hottest point.[p]Good luck,[p]TRex

JSlot

Hi, Jaymer. We were reheating our pulled pork in boiling water, but we were using FoodSaver bags. Ziploc bags won't cut it. FoodSaver bags are safe to use in boiling water and safe to use in the microwave.[p]Jim

jaymer

thx for the replies - i think i need to do the sure thing and get a FoodSaver. Looked at em last night. Didn't know they were labeled OK for boiling but since they claim it and JSlot uses it, then thats good for me.
jaymer...