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Freezing Ribs n Reheating

S smokenqueQ'n n Brew'n
Ok.. need some advice or process.
I'm going to start cooking some ribs for an event that'll happen this weekend. I've got 8 large slabs of pork spares and will cook them in 3-4 batches.

I plan on freezing the ribs after I smoke them and then reheating in boiling water when we get to the campground for an evening meal.

I know some of you have done this.. What do you package a large(er) amount of ribs in so you can reheat in boiling water?? I thought of wrapping in a layer of Saran Wrap followed by aluminum foil.. but, I'd have to repackage to reheat if I use the boiling water method.

Seems most plastic bags would be pretty heat senstive. How do you guys do this? I'm going to have to get all the ribs reheated at one time.. so I figured one large cooking pot.

I guess I could put the ribs in larger baking pans and cover tightly with foil and heat in the oven at about 180ºF for an hour or so. I think we'll have a few ovens avail.. just don't know what size or how acccurate the thermostats are s it's at an older campground.

Wadda ya think?
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R ribdogMember
If you have a vacuum sealer available to you, use it. That is what I do when I freeze ribs for later consumption. And the vacuum bags I use, as are many brands out there, are boilable.

If no vacuum sealer, then take the route of the larger foil covered pan and put a little bit of apple juice in the bottom of the pan for some moisture in the reheating process.

Please come back and let us know how it works out for you.
FM Former Member
Hey, if you're gonna be at a camgrounds why not thaw them the day prior to consumption, and then reheat on the grill (or over camp fire coals.)

You could spritz with apple juice or apply your fav. sauce. Whichever you like best.

You could even leave them wrapped in foil and set the packets around the previous nights coals.

All your doing is reheating them right?

It shouldn't take long at all to reheat if they are completely thawed.
S smokenqueQ'n n Brew'n
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You could even leave them wrapped in foil and set the packets around the previous nights coals. All your doing is reheating them right? It shouldn't take long at all to reheat if they are completely thawed.


GQ.. thanks.. Yep, I could do those things.

This brings up another question. When you store, freeze, thaw, reheat ribs.. are they wrapped directly in foil with the apple juice? The reason I ask is.. it seems that the salt, spices, smoke or combination of above cause the foil to deteriorate. IE.. holes get eaten in it.. least thats what happens if I leave foil in my smoker or in the catch tray of my Weber.

The foil is a real easy way to go.. but, I don't want to subject myself and others to this aluminum oxide or whatever it turns into. I remember about 30 years ago there was a caution that this type of residue was a possible cause of Alzheimers.. and I'm already half way there Smiler
FM Former Member
Well, people cook using foil all of the time.

True foil reacts and pits when subjected to acidic things. However if you wait until just before reheating and only spritz with plane apple juice and/ or add some rub I don't think you'll harm anybody. Its just not going to be in the foil for a long period of time.

Just think of TV dinners.........precooked prior being frozen for long periods of time and then reheated in the same container. It works for Swansons!

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