Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
brisket and two pork shoulders. A little over 30 pounds of meat.
Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
rest in the refrigerator. Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. This will last us
about 4 to 5 months or so.

George L

On Sep 9, 4:51*am, George Leppla > wrote:
> Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
> brisket and two pork shoulders. *A little over 30 pounds of meat.
> Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
> * We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
> rest in the refrigerator. *Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
> slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. *This will last us
> about 4 to 5 months or so.

How do you reheat it to retain quality? Or do you eat it cold?

On 9/9/2012 1:05 PM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Sep 9, 4:51 am, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
>> brisket and two pork shoulders. A little over 30 pounds of meat.
>> Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
>> We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
>> rest in the refrigerator. Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
>> slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. This will last us
>> about 4 to 5 months or so.
>
> How do you reheat it to retain quality? Or do you eat it cold?
>

We seldom eat the meat plain or cold. We shred it and heat with a small
amount of BBQ sauce for sandwiches, we add it to soups, we make fajitas
(heating it with the onions and peppers), enchiladas, pulled pork
sandwiches. We have added it to Pad Thai, stir frys, used it in making
spring rolls, Pho and Vietnamese noodle salads.

Both the pork and beef are very versatile.

George L

On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On Sep 9, 4:51*am, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
>> brisket and two pork shoulders. *A little over 30 pounds of meat.
>> Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
>> * We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
>> rest in the refrigerator. *Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
>> slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. *This will last us
>> about 4 to 5 months or so.
>
>How do you reheat it to retain quality? Or do you eat it cold?


I freeze bbq too. I reheat it in the microwave on a low or medium
setting. It can be excellent done that way. Nothing like a good
pulled pork or brisket dinner when thee is two feet of snow on the
deck in February.

On 9/9/2012 2:12 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sep 9, 4:51 am, George Leppla > wrote:
>>> Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
>>> brisket and two pork shoulders. A little over 30 pounds of meat.
>>> Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
>>> We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
>>> rest in the refrigerator. Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
>>> slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. This will last us
>>> about 4 to 5 months or so.
>>
>> How do you reheat it to retain quality? Or do you eat it cold?
>
>
> I freeze bbq too. I reheat it in the microwave on a low or medium
> setting. It can be excellent done that way. Nothing like a good
> pulled pork or brisket dinner when thee is two feet of snow on the
> deck in February.
>

I freeze barbecue in those zip lock vacuum bags. I heat the bags in a
pot of boiling water. It's the best way I've found to keep the meat juicy.

I'll sometimes make tacos or enchilladas with the meat.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> On 9/9/2012 2:12 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sep 9, 4:51 am, George Leppla > wrote:
> >>> Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
> >>> brisket and two pork shoulders. A little over 30 pounds of meat.
> >>> Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
> >>> We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
> >>> rest in the refrigerator. Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
> >>> slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. This will last us
> >>> about 4 to 5 months or so.
> >>
> >> How do you reheat it to retain quality? Or do you eat it cold?
> >
> >
> > I freeze bbq too. I reheat it in the microwave on a low or medium
> > setting. It can be excellent done that way. Nothing like a good
> > pulled pork or brisket dinner when thee is two feet of snow on the
> > deck in February.
> >
>
> I freeze barbecue in those zip lock vacuum bags. I heat the bags in a
> pot of boiling water. It's the best way I've found to keep the meat juicy.
>
> I'll sometimes make tacos or enchilladas with the meat.
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

I like bbq chili-mac in the winter months, so I'll get a pot of water
boiling for the mac, put a frozen foodsaver bag of bbq brisket in to
thaw, then get the mac going while I chop and make the bbq chili part in
another pot. Total time start to finish is perhaps 20min with the time
for the water to boil.

On 9/10/2012 8:23 AM, Pete C. wrote:
>
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>

>>
>> I freeze barbecue in those zip lock vacuum bags. I heat the bags in a
>> pot of boiling water. It's the best way I've found to keep the meat juicy.
>>
>> I'll sometimes make tacos or enchilladas with the meat.
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>> Way-the-heck-south Texas
>> Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.
>
> I like bbq chili-mac in the winter months, so I'll get a pot of water
> boiling for the mac, put a frozen foodsaver bag of bbq brisket in to
> thaw, then get the mac going while I chop and make the bbq chili part in
> another pot. Total time start to finish is perhaps 20min with the time
> for the water to boil.
>

We sliced the meat this morning. 16 pounds of shoulder yielded 10
pounds of smoked meat. We bought the pork for 99 cents a pound, so cost
per pound of finished product is $1.60

The yield on the brisket wasn't as good. 14 pound brisket was $1.38 pp.
After trimming and smoking, we ended up with almost 8 pounds of meat.
Cost per pound is $2.42

Both pork and beef came out very well.... tender and juicy. I think we
are having enchiladas for supper tonight.

George L

On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:05:02 -0700 (PDT), spamtrap1888
> wrote:

>On Sep 9, 4:51*am, George Leppla > wrote:
>> Loaded the Bradley smoker late yesterday afternoon with a 14 pound
>> brisket and two pork shoulders. *A little over 30 pounds of meat.
>> Fourteen hours in the smoker at 200 degrees... smoke during the first 5.
>> * We'll let it cool, cut off enough for tonight's dinner and put the
>> rest in the refrigerator. *Tomorrow we'll run everything through the
>> slicer and pack one pound portions in freezer bags. *
>
>How do you reheat it to retain quality? Or do you eat it cold?

It's all sliced so it's pretty easy to reheat by several methods, and
obviously wouldn't be heated to cooking temperature. Delis keep such
meats heated all day with a low temperature steam cabinet... one can
make their own at home with one of those covered oval roasters.
Defrost the meat in the fridge, place a stack of meat slices on a rack
covered with foil in the pan, add a little hot water under the rack
(about a cup), cover and place into a 190º oven for 30 minutes. Can
be done on the stove top too but one would need to keep a keen eye not
to warm too rapidly and/or over heat. How to heat depends a lot on
how it will be eaten... for sandwiches it should be heated to like
150º That's probably 2-3 days worth for George and his wife. hehe