Reheating Pulled Pork While Camping

[Omnivore]

Hey all.
I'm making pulled pork sandwiches for ten adults on our camping trip this weekend. I'm going to smoke the shoulder tomorrow, vac-pack and freeze/thaw for Sunday dinner. We have a camp stove and the fire pit so I'm thinking the best way to reheat would be to leave the shoulder in the vac-pack (maybe multiple smaller packages) and just simmer in a big pot of water to warm up. Does that sound right? Open to any other suggestions.

 

[oldsmokerdude]

Definitely the way I would do it.

 

[Hawging It]

You can also thaw naturally, then add the pork to the pot with your favorite BBQ sauce. I never thaw the bags in water. Just me though. Sometimes I add a little molasses to the meat and BBQ sauce. Really good with a great flavor!

 

[Hawging It]

You can also thaw naturally, then add the pork to the pot with your favorite BBQ sauce. I never thaw the bags in water. Just me though. Sometimes I add a little molasses to the meat and BBQ sauce. Really good with a great flavor!

 

[krj]

I sold some pork to a customer a month or so ago and told them to leave it in the bag and drop it in simmering water. I think they had some problem, so the ended up dumping it out onto a flat top and warming it up that way. The nice thing about the flat top is you'll get little crispy bits similar to carnitas.

 

[Hawging It]

Sorry for the duplicate post? Can't figure out how to delete it.

 

[Omnivore]

Thanks guys! I'm pretty happy I chose this for my dinner night. I'm doing pulled pork, slaw, and beans so everything can be prepped in advance. All I have to do is reheat pork and beans, and toss veggies in slaw dressing.

 

[Omnivore]

Sorry for the duplicate post? Can't figure out how to delete it.

No worries! Thanks for the info!

 

[HalfSmoked]

If its thawed first then the boiling bag will work great. Not a real hard rolling boil more like a simmer. Have done this many times at events as much as 85 lb. in 5 lb. batches in vacuum bags.

Warren

 

[noboundaries]

Last time we went camping I froze a bunch of meals in vac bags. I'd toss them in a pot of cold water until they thawed just enough to free up from the bag. Still frozen, I'd take it out of the vac bag and put it in a covered pan or pot over low heat (or a cooler part of the campfire grill) and let the heat do the rest of the work. It doesn't take long at all. I still do pulled pork that way, whether camping or not.