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Old 04-20-2010, 10:51 AM   #1
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Ok, so this weekend my team practiced our pulled pork, and I have a question about an issue that came up. I noticed that by the time I got it all pulled, it had cooled down too much. It would have been cold by the time it reached the judges. Unless I am mistaken, it is illegal to put the pork back into the smoker once it is pulled, so what do you guys do to keep it warm or warm it back up? I feel like I am missing something. Thanks in advance.
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Old 04-20-2010, 11:00 AM   #2
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How long between the time you took the butt out of the smoker and the time you pulled it? Where did you keep it during its rest time?
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Old 04-20-2010, 11:00 AM   #3
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Wrap in foil when you pull it from the cooker, and either wrap it in old towells or crumpled newspaper and put in a cooler to hold until you're ready to pull and box. It will stay piping hot for hours. Just try to leave a little room for steam to escape so it doesn't keep cooking too much
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Old 04-20-2010, 11:05 AM   #4
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^^^yes^^^

Plus, you don't have to pull the whole butt for your box. Just find the good parts and pull/chunk/slice.
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Old 04-20-2010, 11:15 AM   #5
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Reheat your pulled pork in a preheated Dutch Oven OFF the fuel source...
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Old 04-20-2010, 11:32 AM   #6
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How long between the time you took the butt out of the smoker and the time you pulled it? Where did you keep it during its rest time?
I only let it rest about 15 minutes after pulling it off of the smoker, then I pulled it immediately. It was plenty hot when I started pulling it. It cooled down DURING the pulling process.

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Plus, you don't have to pull the whole butt for your box. Just find the good parts and pull/chunk/slice.
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Reheat your pulled pork in a preheated Dutch Oven OFF the fuel source...
This sort of sounds like exploiting a loophole in the rules...I LIKE IT!
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It's the same for everyone. Even if one was to rewarm the pulled pork it would lose a lot of heat again by the time the judges tasted it. I consider this a non-issue as everyone deals with it to some extent.

I pull the butts out of the cooler at 12:40 andstart tearing into them at that time. I don't think the cooling has ever effected our pork scores.
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Old 04-20-2010, 12:10 PM   #8
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Reheat your pulled pork in a preheated Dutch Oven OFF the fuel source...
I believe I would run that by the event rep before I tried it. The Dutch oven may be considered "a cooker" which would break the rules.

Pork is too easy to keep hot for me to gamble with a DQ by trying to reheat it in any way.
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I believe I would run that by the event rep before I tried it. The Dutch oven may be considered "a cooker" which would break the rules.

Pork is too easy to keep hot for me to gamble with a DQ by trying to reheat it in any way.

Can't possibly see how a Pot off of a fuel source can be considered a "cooker". Is warm sauce a "cooker"? Is a warm cambro a "cooker"?

It is not illegal to reheat your pork, it is illegal to separate your shoulder and put back on the cooker.
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Old 04-20-2010, 01:04 PM   #10
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Can't possibly see how a Pot off of a fuel source can be considered a "cooker". Is warm sauce a "cooker"? Is a warm cambro a "cooker"?

It is not illegal to reheat your pork, it is illegal to separate your shoulder and put back on the cooker.
I'm going to make some popcorn and find the couch.
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Old 04-20-2010, 01:10 PM   #11
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Old 04-20-2010, 01:15 PM   #12
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Can't possibly see how a Pot off of a fuel source can be considered a "cooker". Is warm sauce a "cooker"? Is a warm cambro a "cooker"?

It is not illegal to reheat your pork, it is illegal to separate your shoulder and put back on the cooker.
I don't know the answer. I would run that by a Rep though. A Cambro isn't giving off heat for the purpose of reheating or cooking. Sauce is not a steel container, and it's something that's going in with the entry and will be consumed by the judges.

If you toss parted pork into a dutch oven that's above the temp of the meat there WILL be folks that could make the arguement that you are continuing the cooking process.

Like I said; I don't know the answer. I would make sure that I did before I tried it though.
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I'm going to make some popcorn and find the couch.
Move over... This could be a long one... I figure that Skip hasn't even started.....
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Hey when you do that does it sound like a fajita plate?
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Hey when you do that does it sound like a fajita plate?
NO, I put the dutch oven in the smoker for an hour and it is only at 250-275, no sizzle...
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