Reheating egged pulled pork in crock pot

chard · January 2018

I generally foodsaver any leftover pulled pork and reheat with the Anova.

In a couple of weeks I am making some pulled pork in advance for my kid's swim meet (cooking the night before then pulling after FTC just isn't an option) and am planning to use a crock pot beginning at 7 in the morning to reheat for a noon feed. I won't have any time to tend to anything after I set this up at 7 and am worried the pork will dry out. Anyone have any recommendations for adding anything to the pork for the reheat in the crock pot? I wasn't going to sauce for the reheat but just let folks do that from the bottle if they choose cause I think the pork is better straight-up.

Other idea I had was to not pull the pork after it comes off the egg and then place the whole butts in the crock pot to reheat, then have someone pull after everything is warm just prior to eating. Never done this before so I am not sure leaving it whole is smart or whether those whole chunks will even be ready to pull in 5 hours.

Any thoughts? And thanks in advance.

Webass · January 2018

Should be OK but if it's going to go 5 hrs. I'd be sure and heat it on Lo. You could add a little chicken stock to aid against any drying. Another thought would be to break it up in big chunks, heat on Lo and then pull it at noon.

Stoogie · January 2018

If you're worried about the pork getting dry, have some Dr. Pepper or Coke on hand, pour some in the pork to get it back moist and you should be good to go. Don't use diet Dr. Pepper or Coke, though.

I do this when I make pork for a tailgate that is 2+ hours away and have never had complaints. Then again, the people consuming the pork are usually well lubricated.

kl8ton · January 2018

Pull the pork as normal after cooking. Reheat with apple cider vinegar in the crock. Just enough to cover the bottom of the crock. Use tongs to rotate pork once an hour-ish. May have to add more ACV right before serving.

fishlessman · January 2018

regular coke works fine in a crock for reheat

Teefus · January 2018

Cider works well for a reheat too.

JohnnyTarheel · January 2018

Apple cider vinegar or apple juice is fine to use

chard · January 2018

Sounds like I have some good options. Thanks very much to all for the feedback.

bgebrent · January 2018

+1 on Coke.

Carolina Q · January 2018

Maybe I missed it, but why aren't you going to cook, pull, vac seal, refrigerate and then put the vac bags in a 160° sous vide bath for 30 minutes or as long as needed?

BTW, I tried Coke once. Never again.

SmokingPiney · January 2018

kl8ton said:

Pull the pork as normal after cooking. Reheat with apple cider vinegar in the crock. Just enough to cover the bottom of the crock. Use tongs to rotate pork once an hour-ish. May have to add more ACV right before serving.

This is what I do with a slight modification: a 50/50 mix of ACV and water. Works like a champ.

DoubleEgger · January 2018

Carolina Q said:

Maybe I missed it, but why aren't you going to cook, pull, vac seal, refrigerate and then put the vac bags in a 160° sous vide bath for 30 minutes or as long as needed?

I gotta go with Q on this one. Take your SV with you and set it up for 160. Get someone to drop the bags in at the appropriate time if you can’t slide away for two or three minutes. SV > Crock Pot

chard · January 2018

DoubleEgger said:

Carolina Q said:

Maybe I missed it, but why aren't you going to cook, pull, vac seal, refrigerate and then put the vac bags in a 160° sous vide bath for 30 minutes or as long as needed?

I gotta go with Q on this one. Take your SV with you and set it up for 160. Get someone to drop the bags in at the appropriate time if you can’t slide away for two or three minutes. SV > Crock Pot

Thank you both. Time to rethink the sv. The kid's team is hosting the meet so I am truly tied up with other duties after 7 a.m. and that is why I thought the crock was the best Ron Popeil option.

Legume · January 2018

Why not pork in SV bag, bag in crock pot on low with a few cups of water under it?

buzd504 · January 2018

Keep some of the drippings from when you cook it.

Brisket_Fanatic · January 2018

I have done this for work meetings numerous times. When you put it in the crock pot just add a full can of REGULAR COKE and it will be just fine. No Coke taste or added sweetness just keeps it moist.

Jupiter Jim · January 2018

Brisket_Fanatic said:

I have done this for work meetings numerous times. When you put it in the crock pot just add a full can of REGULAR COKE and it will be just fine. No Coke taste or added sweetness just keeps it moist.

This is the way to go I have done it many times and have asked people if they can tell me the secret ingredient is, the never can and won't believe me when I say Coke!

RRP · January 2018

Jupiter Jim said:

Brisket_Fanatic said:

I have done this for work meetings numerous times. When you put it in the crock pot just add a full can of REGULAR COKE and it will be just fine. No Coke taste or added sweetness just keeps it moist.

This is the way to go I have done it many times and have asked people if they can tell me the secret ingredient is, the never can and won't believe me when I say Coke!

That's where we defer, Jim! When I have supplied/served multiple pounds to large groups I never tell them my Coke secret ever since I had a 30 something drunken gal go nutso and started yelling she hates Coca Cola blah blah blah. Now I just smile and say the BGE works it's magic on pork butts.

EggerinMO · April 2018

chard said:

I generally foodsaver any leftover pulled pork and reheat with the Anova.

In a couple of weeks I am making some pulled pork in advance for my kid's swim meet (cooking the night before then pulling after FTC just isn't an option) and am planning to use a crock pot beginning at 7 in the morning to reheat for a noon feed. I won't have any time to tend to anything after I set this up at 7 and am worried the pork will dry out. Anyone have any recommendations for adding anything to the pork for the reheat in the crock pot? I wasn't going to sauce for the reheat but just let folks do that from the bottle if they choose cause I think the pork is better straight-up.

Other idea I had was to not pull the pork after it comes off the egg and then place the whole butts in the crock pot to reheat, then have someone pull after everything is warm just prior to eating. Never done this before so I am not sure leaving it whole is smart or whether those whole chunks will even be ready to pull in 5 hours.

Any thoughts? And thanks in advance.

Hey chard,

How did the reheat of the Q go? I am going to be reheating some pulled pork and beans for a feed at work and just wanted to know how the reheat in the crock pot went? Did you use low for several hours or high? How long did it take? I will be saving the liquid from the cook to put in the crock pot for the reheat and have ACV/AJ on hand to keep it moist.

Thanks

chard · April 2018

I ended up making the pulled pork a week ahead of time and then bagged it with some of the liquid from the cook. I took it out of the bag and into the crock pot the morning of the meet and started it off on low. I placed saran wrap over the top of the pot before I put the cover on as well. I realized after the first hour and a half that I had way too much pork in the crock pot to get it to temp in time (should've known better and would guess the crock pot was 85-90% full of packed meat). So I ended up cranking the temp to high and had someone mix it every 20-30 minutes to try and get it up to serving temp by the deadline. I was worried that it would dry out but that wasn't an issue at all - doing it again with the same time constraints I would put less in the pot for sure (or use two pots) but wouldn't hesitate to go this route if sv wasn't an option. I plugged it in at 6:45 a.m. and it was my goal to be ready to eat by 11:30 and it could have used more time in the crock pot. Good luck to you.

Reheating egged pulled pork in crock pot

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