Pulled Pork for the Meat and Greet! --Update-- with Rib Pics! and chicken!

[phatbac]

Hello!
A few years ago my a member of my church started an activity called the meat and greet. the idea was he had his Dad (who had a Lang 60) smoke up a bunch of meat and serve at a church activity where everyone came ate meat and got to know one another, visited, and had a general party for families. We called it the Meat and Greet! fast forward 4 years later and he has since moved away and his Dad doesn't live close by ( he goes to a church in his area) So this year for the meat and greet they needed someone to cook the food. So i was asked and said sure. The event is at the end of the month for about 150 people and since I'm selling Betty and transitioning to Lucy (Lang 36 to 48) i thought i will cook as much as i can now and vacuum seal the meat and freeze it until the event. Here is the 30# of pork butts i cooked today for PP for the event. (I also cooked 10# of chicken legs not appearing in this thread.)

Here are the pics....
getting ready to go on the smoker...

On the smoker at 6am...

After a few hours...

After 7 hours at 275-300 degrees almost done!

All done after 7.5 hours--IT at 203--about to be ready to be wrapped for the 2.5 hour rest.

Rested and Shredded by claws and finished by hand for a small texture...

All vacuum sealed and put in the deep freezer for use in a couple weeks.
Next to go will be about 7 racks of St Louis Spares! tune in later for that!

Thanks ahead of time for looking and commenting!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[CharlotteLovesFood]

PP looks amazing Aaron, and how very kind of you to step up like that...sounds like a lovely event and I hope your efforts are much appreciated :D

 

[gmc2003]

Prompts to you Aaron for carrying on the tradition. That PP looks great.

Point for sure

Chris

 

[yankee2bbq]

That’s cool! Can’t wait to see them ribs too!

 

[HalfSmoked]

Awesome move on your part. Looks great I have done vac bags of PP and heated them up in hot water like a boiling bag worked great.

Warren

 

[SmokinAl]

Looks great Aaron!
Bet you wish you had the 48 now!
Al

 

[mike243]

Looks great,whats your plan on reheating/keeping moist?

 

[phatbac]

PP looks amazing Aaron, and how very kind of you to step up like that...sounds like a lovely event and I hope your efforts are much appreciated :D

Thank you Charlotte! i step up because its a labor of love...

Prompts to you Aaron for carrying on the tradition. That PP looks great.

Point for sure

Chris

thank you Chris. If i smoke for friends, family, neighbors, and the mower guys i gotta be able to smoke for my church family!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[phatbac]

That’s cool! Can’t wait to see them ribs too!

Ribs probably coming next week! if Betty is sold then its time to break out the WSM Bullet!

Awesome move on your part. Looks great I have done vac bags of PP and heated them up in hot water like a boiling bag worked great.

Warren

Thank you Warren. that's exactly how i was going to play this, boil the vac bags to reheat and maybe throw in some finishing sauce or just a TBS of ac vinegar (hey its NC!) and a cup of apple juice for moisture.

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[phatbac]

Looks great Aaron!
Bet you wish you had the 48 now!
Al

Thank you Al! yes i wish i had Lucy (one of the reasons i ordered her) and i thought we were doing mid to late July for the meat and greet but it got moved to last weekend in June and I'm out of town the weekend before...

Looks great,whats your plan on reheating/keeping moist?

Thanks Mike!
Like i told Warren...boil the vac bags to reheat and maybe throw in some finishing sauce or just a TBS of ac vinegar (hey its NC!) and a cup of apple juice for moisture....
the meat vac sealed pretty moist and the boil trick shouldn't dry it out too much but sitting on the serving pan it might need just a touch of moisture.
any suggestions are appreciated too!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[HalfSmoked]

Aaron I did 85 lbs for a car show that way and it worked out great. Had it packaged in 5 lb lots. health dept. liked it to
IT temp was spot on. Yup add that there vinegar gave er that bite.

Warren

 

[dcecil]

Aaron, its post like this as to why Im glad I joined this site. The pork looks awesome and is going to be great but the gesture is worth all the praise. Good job dude

 

[phatbac]

Aaron I did 85 lbs for a car show that way and it worked out great. Had it packaged in 5 lb lots. health dept. liked it to
IT temp was spot on. Yup add that there vinegar gave er that bite.

Warren

Great. i have never done and event this big no where close. biggest thing i have done are my niece's wedding (30 ppl) and some lunch for the smoking meat gathering a couple times (again about 25-30 ppl). I have vacuum sealed it in about 5-6 lb bags (after cook weight). i really have two concerns at this point: having enough food for 150 people and not making anyone sick. i know the flavors will be there!

Aaron, its post like this as to why Im glad I joined this site. The pork looks awesome and is going to be great but the gesture is worth all the praise. Good job dude

Thank you, man that is really high praise! I believe in serving my fellow man and this is a labor of love to me any way.

BTW: the pics of the ribs are coming quick I did them after church yesterday...

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[phatbac]

So I decided not to make a new thread for the ribs for this event because I only have a few pics. so i wil post them here and let people look and comment further if they desire....

7 racks on the smoker...the plan is 4 wet sweet 2 dry sweet 1 dry spicy (lower left corner)

All done very very near FOB after 3.25 hours at 250-285 degrees....

Vacuum Sealed for a 3 week freeze...

Will boil in a the vac packs to reheat and then for the wet ribs will add sauce and throw on hot grill...
thanks for the out pouring of kind words for what I'm doing and how I'm doing it. suggestions and comments always welcome!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[dcecil]

Those look Delicious Buddy, great job

 

[phatbac]

Those look Delicious Buddy, great job

thanks!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[Alex Douglas]

Looks great Aaron, such a kind thing your doing stepping up to the plate like that.

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

Great job Aaron. You totally stepped up to the plate. Some pun intended. Your barbecue is top notch. It will be an awesome event.

George

 

[phatbac]

Looks great Aaron, such a kind thing your doing stepping up to the plate like that.

Great job Aaron. You totally stepped up to the plate. Some pun intended. Your barbecue is top notch. It will be an awesome event.

George

Thank you both! I was excited when i was asked!
Thanks riverside about my bbq being top notch....and i hope the event is great!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[phatbac]

Just wanted a quick update...
Here is a pics of some chicken i cooked last weekend for the event which is day after tomorrow (Saturday June 30)

So far i have cooked (smoked):
30# of PP
25# of chicken drumsticks
7 racks of St Louis spare ribs
to be cooked (grilled):
8# of Chicken tenders
4# of hot-dogs (Nathan's all beef)

I will thaw then reheat the PP and Chicken with some vacuum sealed packs in boiling water
i will thaw then reheat the ribs on the a hot grill ( 4 with sauce 3 without)
grill the hot dogs and chicken tenders day of and keep warm in the oven

We are all excited to feed 150 people i go to church with!

Thanks and enjoy your weekend!
phatbac (Aaron)