Reheating pulled beef

MeTed

I want to reheat pulled beef and the way I want to do it is by boiling it in a plastic bag. I hope this is the best way to do it. My question is how long will a quart size bag take to get to serving temp.

THEBuckeye

Microwave for 30-45 seconds - assuming a serving or two. I cooked a chuck for the first time with Mickey's coffee rub. The result was just ok but the sandwich the next day w/ Daddy's Sams was a total hit. Pulled chuck was still tender, juicy. 

MeTed

@THEBuckeye Thanks but I have done that and it worked good, but I really want to try the water bath. Just to try something new.

Brisket_Fanatic

I reheat pulled pork in a simmering pot of water with pork in a vacuum sealed bag. Let it simmer for 30 mintues or so and it should be good and hot. By far the best way to reheat. Also reheat ribs this way and are way good.

MeTed

Thanks @Brisket_Fanatic that is the info I was looking for but I am going to try it with a ziplock bag.

THEBuckeye

Your welcome

The "water bath" sounds kinda creepy 

Brisket_Fanatic

MeTed said:

Thanks @Brisket_Fanatic that is the info I was looking for but I am going to try it with a ziplock bag.

Just be careful as zip locks leak and u don't want that to happen

gdenby

Too many variables to give an easy answer. What is the beef temp? How thick is the thickest part of the bag? How dense is the beef mixture? Will the heat source bring that water temp back up quick or slow?

I'd suggest not boiling. Moisture is driven out of the meat fibers above 126F. If you have time, put the bag into a big pot of warmish water, around 140F. If you want to hurry some, go to simmering, around 180F. Both will dry the meat, but not so drastically. Mush the contents as they warm to even out the effect, and remove soon as the bad is warm to the touch, around 110 -120. This assumes it was cooked and stored properly, and is not infected w. pathogens.

MeTed

Thanks everyone, yes it was stored properly and I will keep an eye on it while I simmer it and take it to 120 finish temp, Thanks again everyone.

MeTed

Well as soon as I read all your help I went and checked on the cook and the bag broke right in front of my eyes so I pulled it out and saved most of it. It is now in the microwave for 1 min. and tomorrow I am going to get another roll of bags for the  foodsaver. Again Thanks to All!