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2 Day Old Cooked Pork Shoulder--LABOR DAY EMERGENCY!! HELP!!!

Killit_and_Grillit
Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326
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My old faithful BBQ companions,

I cooked 2 pork shoulders on Saturday for a party that ended up getting cancelled and moved to Monday. Through some miscommunication, the people assumed we were going to use the same meat I cooked on Saturday for the party. Now I have about 5 lbs of pork shoulder (1 of the 2) in my fridge that has been wrapped in aluminum foil, unshredded. I don't even know if this is good anymore but I figure I probably only have 1 shot of heating it up properly and serving it without it becoming incredibly hard and dry.

Has anyone tried to bring a shoulder like this back to life? I was thinking of reheating it in the oven, shredding it, then adding some kind of liquid and finish heating it. Suggestions? Y'all get at this while I start thawing chicken wings and sausages to fill up the big'uns and find a way to spread 5lbs of bbq over 15 people.

"Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

South of Nashville, TN

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  • evie1370
    evie1370 Posts: 506
    Not shoulder but pork butt. Try heating in a 250 degree onen with some liquid then shred and add more.  I would use some bbq sauce or something like that.  Doesn't hurt to try. 

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 37,333
    I would shred then toss into a crock pot with some water and diluted q sauce to heat it up.  Two days in the fridge is nothing for cooked meat...go forth and enjoy the party.
    BTW-I always pull the hunk of pork once cooked,  easier to address the downstream demands in that state.  But just an opinion...
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    It'll be fine. If you have any unflavored gelatin, mix up a cup of that and pour it onto the shredded pork, and re-warm. Another traditional solution is pour on a can of coke, or maybe root beer. I've even done it w. a couple of Tbls of grape jelly. Tho' I suppose apple butter or cherry jelly might be better.
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  • Killit_and_Grillit
    Killit_and_Grillit Posts: 4,326

    Quick update. I pulled it out of the fridge and it was hard as a rock. I opened the foil, poured n some Allegro, water, and chicken stock and put it in the oven at 300* for 20 minutes. Pulled it back out, still cold and hard. Tried to shred it a little to get more surface area, tossed it back in for another 20 minutes.

    It came out, shredded perfectly, tasted better than the first one that only rested a few hours before serving. Unfortunately by then most people were full of chicken wings and sausages...but they were fighting to take home BBQ sandwiches for Tuesday's lunch.

    Thanks for the help guys.

    "Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."

    South of Nashville, TN

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