Butt Done WAYYYYYY Too Soon!

Afraid it might get too cool before 12 hours. You should go ahead and pull and refrigerate then reheat.

I say stick a probe in one and keep an eye on it. I did a catering job two weeks ago where I took the butts off at 7 in the morning, wrapped and put in a cooler. When I took them out at 6 that night, I Thermopenned each one and had a temp range of 150-155.

If you are going to do this though, put hot water in the cooler first to warm it up. Empty the water and dry. The cooler is now ready to accept the finished butts.

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Originally posted by GLH:
Afraid it might get too cool before 12 hours. You should go ahead and pull and refrigerate then reheat.

Got re-heating directions for me?

Two ways (from me) to reheat; pull and put in Zip-Loc bags. Drop bags in boiling water for 5-7 minutes (dependig on size of bags), or Zip Loc and nuke it when the time comes. I prefer boiling but to each their own.

Hope this helps!

Put it in a freezer zip lock & boil it hot.

Cover with plastic wrap, punch vent hole & microwave. Stir 1/2 way thru to heat evenly.

Put in skillet, add rub & a little sauce/apple juice/ or vinegar sauce and stir & reheat on simmer.

Cover with foil in a roasting pan & put in oven - add juice/sauce/rub, stir as needed.

Put in a double boiler & heat on stove top

It doesn't take a lot of heat, you are not trying to cook it anymore, jsut heat it up.

I never reheat pork at a temperature greater than when I considered it done...takes longer, but I feel quality is retained.

When I have frozen or refigerated pork butt for future use, I defrost it( if frozen) and then STEAM it like you would steamed vegtables. The result is Very moist, flavorful meat, that is evenly heated all the way through.
HypnoChuck

I have taken 4 butts out of the smoker at 195 degrees, I then individually wrapped them in foil then plastic then a large beach towels, then placed them a in cooler for 7 hours, they were still plenty hot when I unwrapped and started to pull. Perhaps the 4 of them kept the cooler plenty warm....all I know is they were delicious.

I wonder if they would have still been hotter than 140* after 5 more hours. Heavy Doody was thinking of holding his for 12 hours. 4 butts in a tight space might make it. 1 in a larger space probably wouldn't.