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Best way to freeze cooked butt

CoolBees
CoolBees Posts: 32
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What is the best way to freeze and reheat smoked pork butt ? I've read most like to pull and vacuum pack while others claim doing it whole is better. Is there a consensus as to which method provides the closest to "right off the smoker" taste?
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  • Wolfpack
    Wolfpack Posts: 3,552
    You can reheat whole butt and then pull but I haven't seen any advantages. I pull and vacuum pack portions I want then reheat in boiling water. Very fast and easy and doesn't dry out meat like warming a whole butt in the oven can do.
    Greensboro, NC
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  • Furall
    Furall Posts: 124
    Wolfpack said:

    You can reheat whole butt and then pull but I haven't seen any advantages. I pull and vacuum pack portions I want then reheat in boiling water. Very fast and easy and doesn't dry out meat like warming a whole butt in the oven can do.

    +1 just did it this weekend with some I had in freezer.
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  • SWVABeanCounter
    SWVABeanCounter Posts: 859
    Furall said:
    You can reheat whole butt and then pull but I haven't seen any advantages. I pull and vacuum pack portions I want then reheat in boiling water. Very fast and easy and doesn't dry out meat like warming a whole butt in the oven can do.
    +1 just did it this weekend with some I had in freezer.
    +2  Pulled some out this weekend also, quickly defrosted and added into a meatloaf mixture.

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