Pulled Pork

Ragingirishman2

I cut a boneless pork butt into quarters because it was too large and we wouldn’t be able to eat it all and we are horrible at eating frozen left overs. The other two quarters were vac sealed and frozen for the future. 

The one quarter opened up into a long strip that was about as thick as a pork steak. I was tempted to try cooking it like that but I ended up rolling it back up and tying it. 

I seasoned with Meat Church Honey Hog about an hour before they went on the egg. I smoked them with pecan chunks between 275-285. They cooked for about 5.5 hours, not spritz or wrap as I was on calls all day so they just rode it out. I pulled them at about 204 and let them rest for about 2hrs before pulling them.  Very tender, juicy and a nice smoke ring. 

lkapigian

Looks pretty amazing!

RRP

Good job! BTW we too did not do well eating any reheated frozen pulled pork, until I learned to use Coca-Cola as a warming medium in a pot. That made a world of difference! No - it does not take on a sickening sweet taste! But be sure to use the real Coke not any of that diet Coke and certainly NEVER pepsi! I understand some folks in the South prefer RC cola. I have even had some catering jobs where I egged 6 to 8 butts over a few days, pulled them and then warmed the meat using the Coco-Cola trick. BTW what really works best is just smile when you get the accolades, but NEVER tell them your trick as for some reason people get a strange idea since they don't understand the magic that Coca-Cola performed!

lousubcap

Way to audible and get it done. Looks great!

calracefan

RRP said:

Good job! BTW we too did not do well eating any reheated frozen pulled pork, until I learned to use Coca-Cola as a warming medium in a pot. That made a world of difference! No - it does not take on a sickening sweet taste! But be sure to use the real Coke not any of that diet Coke and certainly NEVER pepsi! I understand some folks in the South prefer RC cola. I have even had some catering jobs where I egged 6 to 8 butts over a few days, pulled them and then warmed the meat using the Coco-Cola trick. BTW what really works best is just smile when you get the accolades, but NEVER tell them your trick as for some reason people get a strange idea since they don't understand the magic that Coca-Cola performed!

Ron I use Dr Pepper with good luck !

Botch

RRP said:

...But be sure to use the real Coke not any of that diet Coke and certainly NEVER pepsi! I understand some folks in the South prefer RC cola. 

Here in the west the markets offer both US-made Coke (with "sweeteners") and Mexican Coke (well, they did) with actual sugar; wonder if there's a noticable difference there.  

johnmitchell

Great looking pulled pork 😋

lkapigian

Botch said:

RRP said:

...But be sure to use the real Coke not any of that diet Coke and certainly NEVER pepsi! I understand some folks in the South prefer RC cola. 

Here in the west the markets offer both US-made Coke (with "sweeteners") and Mexican Coke (well, they did) with actual sugar; wonder if there's a noticable difference there.  

While I’ve never reheated pulled pork with it, there is a significant difference in Carnitas using US made Coke and Actual Sugar Mexican coke with browning 

Ragingirishman2

That’s a great tip @RRP that I’ll try. I’ll get the natural sugar coke from Costco for that experiment. 

BeanHead

I also use Dr. Pepper for my reheating @calracefan