Heat treatment?

[Mark Williams]

I had some leftover pork takeout for lunch today after it sat in the fridge at work over the w/e getting cryo treatment. I brought it straight out of cryo into the microwave. It was very tough and brittle. Should I have annealed first or normalized? It was pulled pork, not chopped if that helps.

Mark

 

[Burchtree]

You should have normalized for 3 minutes first. How long did you let the pork soak? If you let it soak too long you lose a lot of porkulons. (pork moisture molecules) This creates a less than desirable pork product.

 

[mete]

There are lots of variables . Once I put our sandwiches in cryo , liquid nitrogen, took them out when we left and driving from Canton OH to Baltimore they still weren't thawed !! The best way we found is to wrap the sandwiches in a couple of layers of al foil and thaw them on top of the forge, that will keep the moisture in.

 

[Daniel Koster]

don't forget the triple-crust-quench!

 

[rlinger]

Mete, would it be best to stress relieve before cryo?

RL

 

[raghorn]

Mete, would it be best to stress relieve before cryo?

RL

Stress relief is best achieved with a couple of Cold Ones. Start as early as you can.

 

[mete]

Yes Raghorn is correct.

 

[burke531]

It sounds to me like you would be better to not pull your pork.

 

[Bruce Bump]

It should be in this order: heated, pulled, normalized, annealed, ground, cryoed, warmed slowly, dipped and soaked in mustard. Coors light is a must or just forget the whole mess.

 

[Dan Gray]

It should be in this order: heated, pulled, normalized, annealed, ground, cryoed, warmed slowly, dipped and soaked in mustard. Coors light is a must or just forget the whole mess.

plus pushing or equal rights would be enacted upon it too. but I real think the
stress relieving is a must but with scotch and aged for better esthetics

 

[L6steel]

And a good cigar afterwards!









Thanks Mark, I needed this!!!!