How to hold Butts

Meat & Heat · 06-26-2012, 10:10 PM

Hello all
I will be cooking for a group of around 100 on the 4th, family and friends. The question I have is I will be cooking pork butts, ribs, and chicken, the butts will be cooked the day before as the feed time and location won't make it possible to cook them there. How should I hold them? Leave them whole after they are done then reheat and pull, or pull put them in a container and heat the pulled at the event?
Any ideas would be helpfull.
Thanks

Tack · 06-26-2012, 10:20 PM

I would pull them then reheat the pulled at the at the event. If you foil the butts during cooking retain the juices to add to the reheated product.

LGHT · 06-28-2012, 12:07 PM

I hired a guy a few years ago for a pool party at home and he cooked the pork butts up to 170 ahead of time just to get the smoke flavor infused into the meat. Then he used my home convection oven to finish them off for a few hours and to give it a nice bark. Not sure if you can do that, but they came out amazing and I couldn't taste the difference from a butt cooked entirely on a smoker.

expatpig · 06-28-2012, 12:29 PM

I would double wrap in foil, large ziplock, icewater bath to cool quickly then refrigerate. Reheat whole wrapped in foil, and then pull.

TheMidnightSmoker · 06-28-2012, 05:48 PM

On occasions where I have cooked pork butts in advance of service I pull then place in freezer bags if holding for only a day or vacuum-seal if longer. On day of event I thaw, spread out pulled pork in a hotel pan, add a little more of my finishing sauce, foil and reheat at 350 in the oven till up to temp. I turn the meat once, maybe twice during the reheating to ensure no cold spots. The PP always turns out great.

JimmyDAL · 06-29-2012, 07:38 AM

Cook, pull, ice bath, and cryovac, and freeze. To reheat just thaw and place cryovac in a boiling pot on a turkey fryer then when heated place in a foil pan.

toadhunter911 · 06-30-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmyDAL

Cook, pull, ice bath, and cryovac, and freeze. To reheat just thaw and place cryovac in a boiling pot on a turkey fryer then when heated place in a foil pan.

Exactly how we do it.

If service is only 1-3 days off, we just store in a super cold fridge.

TELL YOU WHAT BBQ · 07-01-2012, 09:38 AM

I smoked 110lbs of BUTT last week for wedding - smoked/pulled Wednesday am/pm - pulled- tinned in half trays (bout 1 butt per 1/2 tray)
put in a splash of 'moist' and a touch of sauce- mixed FOILEDTIGHT - put in Frigidaire

- Saturday morning -- oven/or smoker- add more PORK MOIST (I use splash ginger ale, pickle juice, Wooster, a juice, a.cider vinegar and some Captain Morgans -both during and after the cook!) and heat!! - maintain heat with sterno trays - if you oven at home, CAMBRO or meat cooler to event

TELL YOU WHAT!~~

TheBeefStopsHere · 07-02-2012, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Meat & Heat

Hello all
I will be cooking for a group of around 100 on the 4th, family and friends. The question I have is I will be cooking pork butts, ribs, and chicken, the butts will be cooked the day before as the feed time and location won't make it possible to cook them there. How should I hold them? Leave them whole after they are done then reheat and pull, or pull put them in a container and heat the pulled at the event?
Any ideas would be helpfull.
Thanks

For me at all stages with two hands to hold. Or I'd drop it..

I go with the idea of heating in boiling water in a turkey fryer. I have a turkey fryer and must try it. Might as well stock up for unexpected guests.

jestridge · 07-12-2012, 01:52 PM

How far do you have to travel? If it a short distance cook them night before ,pull them a acouple hours before serving. Sometime we have to do an all nighter

06-26-2012, 10:10 PM	#1
Meat & Heat Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 05-17-12 Location: Grand Junction CO Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How to hold Butts Hello all I will be cooking for a group of around 100 on the 4th, family and friends. The question I have is I will be cooking pork butts, ribs, and chicken, the butts will be cooked the day before as the feed time and location won't make it possible to cook them there. How should I hold them? Leave them whole after they are done then reheat and pull, or pull put them in a container and heat the pulled at the event? Any ideas would be helpfull. Thanks

06-26-2012, 10:20 PM	#2
Tack Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 08-18-10 Location: Millville NJ Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I would pull them then reheat the pulled at the at the event. If you foil the butts during cooking retain the juices to add to the reheated product. __________________ " Doesn't have any smoke taste. Chipotle taste is too dominant." Judge 6

06-28-2012, 12:29 PM	#4
expatpig is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 02-20-10 Location: Cochrane, On. Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I would double wrap in foil, large ziplock, icewater bath to cool quickly then refrigerate. Reheat whole wrapped in foil, and then pull. __________________ "When I was in Canada, I had a lot of time to think."- Doug Sahm [B][COLOR=red]UDS x 5[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=red][B]Weber Performer[/B][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=red]Napoleon Apollo[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#ff0000][B]GOSM[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=blue][B][I]CSBBQA, KCBS, NOBS(Northern Ontario Barbecue Society)Professional Barbecue Team. USAJFKCENMA.[/I][/B][/COLOR]

06-28-2012, 05:48 PM	#5
TheMidnightSmoker On the road to being a farker Join Date: 04-07-10 Location: Antelope, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	On occasions where I have cooked pork butts in advance of service I pull then place in freezer bags if holding for only a day or vacuum-seal if longer. On day of event I thaw, spread out pulled pork in a hotel pan, add a little more of my finishing sauce, foil and reheat at 350 in the oven till up to temp. I turn the meat once, maybe twice during the reheating to ensure no cold spots. The PP always turns out great. __________________ The Midnight Smoker BBQ

07-01-2012, 09:38 AM	#8
TELL YOU WHAT BBQ On the road to being a farker Join Date: 07-17-08 Location: Sloatsburg NY Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I smoked 110lbs of BUTT last week for wedding - smoked/pulled Wednesday am/pm - pulled- tinned in half trays (bout 1 butt per 1/2 tray) put in a splash of 'moist' and a touch of sauce- mixed FOILEDTIGHT - put in Frigidaire - Saturday morning -- oven/or smoker- add more PORK MOIST (I use splash ginger ale, pickle juice, Wooster, a juice, a.cider vinegar and some Captain Morgans -both during and after the cook!) and heat!! - maintain heat with sterno trays - if you oven at home, CAMBRO or meat cooler to event TELL YOU WHAT!~~ __________________ TELL YOU WHAT BBQ! -ASHkickin' Q www.TELLYOUWHATBBQ.com BBQ BLOG: www.TYWBBQ.com RUB IT SMOKE IT PULL IT! - KCBS Judge #21965

06-28-2012, 12:07 PM	#3
LGHT Knows what a fatty is. Join Date: 09-15-10 Location: IA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I hired a guy a few years ago for a pool party at home and he cooked the pork butts up to 170 ahead of time just to get the smoke flavor infused into the meat. Then he used my home convection oven to finish them off for a few hours and to give it a nice bark. Not sure if you can do that, but they came out amazing and I couldn't taste the difference from a butt cooked entirely on a smoker.

06-29-2012, 07:38 AM	#6
JimmyDAL Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 05-30-11 Location: New England Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cook, pull, ice bath, and cryovac, and freeze. To reheat just thaw and place cryovac in a boiling pot on a turkey fryer then when heated place in a foil pan.

07-12-2012, 01:52 PM	#10
jestridge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 12-28-07 Location: annville ky Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How far do you have to travel? If it a short distance cook them night before ,pull them a acouple hours before serving. Sometime we have to do an all nighter