what is the best way to freeze pulled pork and reheat? I need to do around a 100 lbs for my daughters wedding and I can not smoke it all at one time so I would smoke about 30 lbs pull and freeze for about a month.
Thank you
Eddy
Pull it after you smoke, let it cool, then vacuum seal. You can reheat in the vacuum bags, just put in large roasters full of water. Just cut them open when you need to serve up more.
A 1 gallon FoodSaver bag will hold right at 5 lbs of pulled pork.
A lot of the guys on here have vac sealers and they pull and seal them up and then freeze. I dont have a vac sealer so I usually pull the pork and wrap tight in plastic first then foil. Then after I thaw them out I re-heat in a crock pot and add some broth if necessary. Good Luck, thats a lot of butt.
After thawing I place my pulled pork in half-size food pans. Tightly seal it with foil, and reheat at 350°F. It will take about 40 minutes to properly heat through, and I stir it half way through the reheating time. If you haven't added any sauce, then add 1/4 - 1/2 cup of low sodium chicken stock per pan.
pull after smoking / cooking, let cool then vac seal then freeze
One thing I like to do: however you stored it for freezing, most of the tasty juice will have settled to the bottom. So I invert the package as it defrosts and the juice redistributes through the pork as it heats.