Coke?

victor1

Just curious, have any of you ever cooked with Coca Cola?  I've slow cooked pork ribs in the oven (covered) with coke and Rufus Teague's rub and then finished off on the grill (gas) with RT's bbq sauce.  They  actually came out very well.  Now that I have my BGE I'm excited to try some of the same.  Have also heard Dr. Pepper is good.  Interested in your thoughts.   Thanks in advance.

Grillmagic

I have simmered Baby Backs in coke and orange juice then finished them on my weber for years but not any more, 3-2-1 for me on my XL

Skiddymarker

Crock pot butt with Coke/Pepsi/DrPepper/Root Beer - have tried them all. Egg cooks retain so much moisture, I've only use Coke as the liquid to hold the spice when injecting. 

Have used Coke to braise (Travis Method) a brisket, worked very well. Was thinking of using Coke for a chuck roast in the DO. 

nolaegghead

The active ingredient is sugar water.  The carbonation is gone in minutes, whatever flavor you start with is largely lost, just like you can't taste the mustard when used as rub-glue.

Carolina Q

I once tried adding Coke to reheat some pork barbecue. Only the one time though. It was awful!!! No way I'll ever braise with it. I

Jupiter Jim

I have been adding Coke to reheated pulled pork for 8 years and it's awesome, not one person could taste the coke as I have told them after they ate it there was coke in it. Usually they say I'm lying about the coke!

When I do ribs I go direct 225-250 apple wood chunks for about an hour or so, then into a glass 9"x13" a can of coke, cover tightly with foil, back on the Egg same temp for 2 to 3 hours, if they go too long they will fall apart like pulled pork so I start checking with the bend test, sauce and back on direct to char and set up sauce. It's brazing more than official BBQ but it's what we like. If I need a small amount of pulled pork I will get a package of boneless country style ribs use this method and in 3-5 hours I'm done. I promise you will never know it was Coke.

Skiddymarker

@Victor1 - there you have it, the definite science of BBQ. 

Both @Carolina_Q and @Jupiter_Jim have used Coke to reheat pork - one describes it as awful, one describes it as awesome. 

I think much depends on the initial sauce treatment, a sweet sauce would warm better with Coke IMO. 

Brisket_Fanatic

Have used Dr. Pepper and it gives it a nice sweet kicker so I am sure coke would work fine as well.

RRP

Jupiter Jim said:

I have been adding Coke to reheated pulled pork for 8 years and it's awesome, not one person could taste the coke as I have told them after they ate it there was coke in it. Usually they say I'm lying about the coke!

When I do ribs I go direct 225-250 apple wood chunks for about an hour or so, then into a glass 9"x13" a can of coke, cover tightly with foil, back on the Egg same temp for 2 to 3 hours, if they go too long they will fall apart like pulled pork so I start checking with the bend test, sauce and back on direct to char and set up sauce. It's brazing more than official BBQ but it's what we like. If I need a small amount of pulled pork I will get a package of boneless country style ribs use this method and in 3-5 hours I'm done. I promise you will never know it was Coke.

I'm with you, Jim! Only one person I knows knocks the Coke use every chance he can!

Fred19Flintstone

You say Coke and I hear BEER. I'm funny that way.

BRush00

I use Coke in my hot wing sauce.

1 can coke, 1 big bottle franks original, butter, lime juice, fish sauce/soy sauce.  bring mixture to a simmer, introduce wings to sauce - stir around, then grill.  move the wings back and forth between the egg and sauce, every 10 minutes or so, each time the sauce will be getting thicker with more and more sticking to the wings - keep the sauce simmering to kill all the raw chicken bugs in it, and keep transferring between sauce/grill until desired level of sauciness is reached.

Carolina Q

RRP said:

Jupiter Jim said:

I have been adding Coke to reheated pulled pork for 8 years and it's awesome, not one person could taste the coke as I have told them after they ate it there was coke in it. Usually they say I'm lying about the coke!

When I do ribs I go direct 225-250 apple wood chunks for about an hour or so, then into a glass 9"x13" a can of coke, cover tightly with foil, back on the Egg same temp for 2 to 3 hours, if they go too long they will fall apart like pulled pork so I start checking with the bend test, sauce and back on direct to char and set up sauce. It's brazing more than official BBQ but it's what we like. If I need a small amount of pulled pork I will get a package of boneless country style ribs use this method and in 3-5 hours I'm done. I promise you will never know it was Coke.

I'm with you, Jim! Only one person I knows knocks the Coke use every chance he can!

LOL. I have my standards. And they are obviously higher than yours.

Jupiter Jim

RRP said:

Jupiter Jim said:

I have been adding Coke to reheated pulled pork for 8 years and it's awesome, not one person could taste the coke as I have told them after they ate it there was coke in it. Usually they say I'm lying about the coke!

When I do ribs I go direct 225-250 apple wood chunks for about an hour or so, then into a glass 9"x13" a can of coke, cover tightly with foil, back on the Egg same temp for 2 to 3 hours, if they go too long they will fall apart like pulled pork so I start checking with the bend test, sauce and back on direct to char and set up sauce. It's brazing more than official BBQ but it's what we like. If I need a small amount of pulled pork I will get a package of boneless country style ribs use this method and in 3-5 hours I'm done. I promise you will never know it was Coke.

I'm with you, Jim! Only one person I knows knocks the Coke use every chance he can!

You are soooo right also he is mostly negative!