Thawing & Reheating Frozen Butt

You could be letting them thaw in the refrigerator,for the couple days before.

Are you making sandwiches,serving on plates,selling bags?

If a microwave is available,it does a good job and you can space out what you heat.

If you have a heat source,a large constantly simmering pot of water works well.

You can drop the bags in a few mins before you need them and keep the rest chilled.

If you need it all at once ,you can empty into half pans,plastic and foil.

Heat in your oven at 200�-225� and then hold in warmed cooler.

We do this and transfer to chafing dishes,as we need them.

Maybe one of the caterers will chime in.

Hey Tom - We are making sandwiches with sides (slaw and baked beans) and also selling any leftovers by the pound. Yes, we have both microwaves and two ovens available in the church fellowship hall.

I have always been hesitant on using a microwave in pre-heating & thawing meat. IMO it does something to the texture.

I would welcome advice from some of the caterers!

Mark

wheelz,
go with tom's advice and defrost them. the boiling water would work well.
i can tell you how i reheat ours which is just about what tom does but since we don't have a vacuum sealer we have to do it differently.
i freeze my sauced and spiced pulled pork in disposable aluminium 4 inch half pans which have been lined with film to prevent chemical contamination.
i thaw in the reefer just like tom
to reheat i set either the fec or sm150 to 225 for 90 mins, put film over the pan and then heavy gauge foil to seal.
after 90 mins take it's temp it must be 155f or better.
normally at this point i just reset the sm to 165f till needed.
when you need it just add a little rub and sauce just like tom does and away you go!!!!
nice part about doing this is you are allowed two reheats before you have to toss but if you go there do not forget to put the meat in full size 2" hotels till you are below 41f and be sure you mark it as one reheat!!!!
jack

Those vac paks reheat in the microwave,almost like fresh from the cooker.

Thanks a bunch Jack & Tom! I will forward your info to our "church lady" and she'll have all the info she needs, though she'll be wondering what an fec and sm150 are, LOL. I may have just a little fun with that until she nearly blows her cork

Much appreciated as usual!

Have fun.