Probation or Fired

[16Adams]

Have a friend that I frequently gift ribs, brisket etc. All I ask for from him is honest feedback and to not reheat smoked meat with the microwave. Boil in bag, Instant pot, second time on cooker, wrapped in foil in oven-----anyfarkn method except microwave.
He calls. Hey man you member those ribs you gave me last month. Me, not really were they good? Man, that's why I'm calling, I left in fridge a few days, then put in freezer. I heated them up and they were tough. Bad pig??? Hey brother, how long did you leave them in the microwave? He replied, they were froze so guessing 3-4 minutes, maybe 5.


I told him I'd get him some good ones next time I cooked.
I won't, for a while.
Microwave, sheeeesh-- ought to just fire him outright
Friends are hard to come by and right now ribs are cheap.
I sent him this photo without any words.
No response

 

[Itsdone]

I reheat in microwave all the time, mine never come out tough.

 

[Inthewoods]

I still make corn pop on the stove top.

-D

 

[Juggy D Beerman]

One of the best cooking tips I ever got from a BBQ discussion board was about using a microwave to reheat meat. NEVER, EVER use full power on the nuke machine. It can make the meat you are reheating tougher than Boolean algebra. Use the lowest defrost setting on the microwave to reheat your BBQed meats. It works and it works good as it has a longer window on checking if the meat is reheated to the temperature you want and not overcooked to where it is now tough.

 

[4ever3]

4 weeks probation easily!

I still make corn pop on the stove top.

-D

I soooo wanna say “He was a baaaad dood!” but I won’t.

 

[sudsandswine]

I'd probably handle it the way I do when people repeatedly ask for BBQ advice from me and proceed to ignore most or all of what I tell them, wasting my time.....which is cessation of activities.

 

[16Adams]

Today's reheating of yesterday's ribs.
Boil in Bag method
Juicy and tender.

No additional liquid or glaze nor anything, just what came with reheat in the bag

 

[cowgirl]

Perfect. :thumb:

 

[16Adams]

Perfect. :thumb:

Skies gonna get angry later.

 

[cowgirl]

Skies gonna get angry later.

Thanks for the heads up. I just finished cleaning up and repairing last night's damage. My road is underwater today. The garden and ducks are happy though! :grin:

 

[SmokeOCD]

I like the air fryer for reheating ribs. You can reglaze and get nice sticky ribs again. About 6 minutes on 350 for cold from the fridge.

 

[Nuco59]

I'm gonna have to give the brother a pass on the mwave...I have reheated bbq for years- all sorts of ways... and I will freely admit to hitting some of it with a good dose of mwave radiation.

Can't chunk rocks...glass houses and all - least he's not pouring sweet baby ray's on sliced brisket. if he he is- fire his butt

 

[JCBII]

Same here, while I know it's better to reheat using other methods, I will sometimes reheat ribs in the microwave - usually when I'm in a hurry to put food on the plate.

 

[bschoen]

Is it cool if I just eat that stuff cold? My wife rolls her eyes** when she catches me eating cold pizza for breakfast.



**All the eye rolling which goes on, I'm glad they haven't just fallen out of their sockets.

 

[smoke ninja]

I still make corn pop on the stove top.

-D

you strike me as a man who doesn't own a microwave...and there's likely a percolator on the stove top

 

[16Adams]

I'm gonna have to give the brother a pass on the mwave...I have reheated bbq for years- all sorts of ways... and I will freely admit to hitting some of it with a good dose of mwave radiation.

Can't chunk rocks...glass houses and all - least he's not pouring sweet baby ray's on sliced brisket. if he he is- fire his butt

Like I said, ribs are more easily acquired than friends. I may smirk at him a little next time we drink coffee

 

[oldgfbbq]

I would say probation for the same reason. Wonder if that percolator is sitting over a pilot light?

 

[16Adams]

you strike me as a man who doesn't own a microwave...and there's likely a percolator on the stove top

I know you were responding to ITW's,but doesn't everyone use a percolator?

 

[smoke ninja]

I know you were responding to ITW's,but doesn't everyone use a percolator?

I'm fancy. I use a kettle and a French press. I've seen too many dirty nasty drip coffee makers to use one

 

[1MoreFord]

I know you were responding to ITW's,but doesn't everyone use a percolator?

I grew up in a 12 cup stove top drip coffee maker family.:becky: