PORK BUTT RENDERINGS -SAVE???

[Hawging It]

Hello all. My smoke today was a 9 lb pork butt. I'll post it all Sunday. I have a question about those good smelling renderings produced. This cook went 9.5 hours. I wrapped after 5 hours. After cooling a bit I have all these good smelling renderings. QUESTION IS: After cooling the renderings and removing the fat that floats to the top, can I freeze it for another day?? The reason being, I pull (chop) the pork up and vac pack in servings for 4 pork sandwiches. I would like to be able vac pack the renderings, a few ounces in each bag. That way when I defrost and heat up the pork I can pour a few ounces over the meat while warming for sandwiches. All opinions are welcome. Happy New Year!!

 

[seenred]

In a word...Absolutely! Those pork drippings are too good to waste! You can freeze it separately, or pour a little in each vac sealed bag of pork and freeze meat and drippings together. Makes it easy to reheat in one step when you pull a vac sealed bag out of the freezer at a later date. I usually just drop a frozen bag in boiling water for a few minutes...and the PP always comes out just like it was just smoked that day!

Red

 

[smokin peachey]

Why not just add it back into the pork then freeze

 

[ChuxPick]

Have used ice cube trays froze them that way then vac packed

 

[jcam222]

I always add some back into the pork. If there is more left from there I freeze it. Comes in hand for times when you may not have enough or for indoor cooks to add a kick of smoke flavor.

 

[jcam222]

Have used ice cube trays froze them that way then vac packed

I’m going to start doing this too.

 

[Hawging It]

Thanks to all. I am going to add the drippings to each individual vac pack of meat then freeze. Happy New Year

 

[Fueling Around]

Thanks to all. I am going to add the drippings to each individual vac pack of meat then freeze. Happy New Year

I do the same when putting away pulled pork. Pain to freeze the bag before vac and seal so the juice stays in the bag.

 

[mooncusser]

We put the liquid in the fridge to have the fat set up for easy removal. Then you can put it up with the meat, or freeze it, or whatever else. Don't be surprised if it turns a bit like jelly either - that shows a bunch of collagen got dissolved, which is a good thing.

 

[SmokinAl]

Yep as said above!
It freezes very well.
Al

 

[xray]

+1 on the comment about freezing the drippings in ice cube trays.

The last few pork butts I’ve done, I used a can of cherry dr pepper in a foil pan and covered. I’ve used those defatted drippings, frozen into cubes and added back into vacuum sealed pork.

 

[Hawging It]

+1 on the comment about freezing the drippings in ice cube trays.

The last few pork butts I’ve done, I used a can of cherry dr pepper in a foil pan and covered. I’ve used those defatted drippings, frozen into cubes and added back into vacuum sealed pork.

I like Cherry Dr Pepper. I'll add that. Sounds real good. Thanks for the tip!