keep it hot

[daveyhunter]

:oops: Can anyone tell me how I can keep the meat hot such as brisket, ribs,or loins until party time I heard something about wrapping in foil and towel but do not know how to go about it exactly, and how long can you keep it, I would realy appreciate it.

Daveyhunter :D

 

[reflect]

Hi,

Pretty straight forward...

I'll use a boston butt as an example. I normally pull it at 195 degrees. I then wrap it twice in heavy duty aluminum foil. I then use a towl and wrap it again. I then place it, with the open end of the towl wrap facing down, in a cooler. I let it sit normally from one to four hours. The cooler needs to be a nice one that is pretty air tight.

If it is the next day I reheat using a crock pot set on medium with a little apple cider vinegar and water in the bottom. I shoot for a 50/50 ratio and only put in maybe an inch worth.

HTH,

Brian

 

[jlloyd99]

Another good tip to add to what Brian said is to pre-heat the cooler. You can do this by swishing some hot water in it just before you put in the meat. We use a little igloo cooler, of course the more meat your holding the bigger the cooler you'll need. This works great and we've held meat safely up to four hours this way.

 

[Dutch]

Davey,

Expanding on what Reflect has posted, I place an old moving blanket in the bottom of my cooler and then place my aluminum wrapped smoked items in a hotel pan and place the whole thing on top of the blanket. I keep the food probe of my digital thermo in the meat and fill the empty space with old pillows/blankets. With my thermo remote I can still monitor the food temps. I've had food in a cooler this way several hours and still had the meat temp. at or above 140 degrees at serving time.

 

[daveyhunter]

Thank you very much I will give it a try, :) sounds pretty simple I think I can handle that

 

[daveyhunter]

I need evry tip I can seems like you are there when a person needs help thanks

 

[daveyhunter]

Again earl thanks I can't thank you guys enough