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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default BBQ freezing question

On 12/7/2013 11:36 AM, wrote:
> We are going to a potluck party next Sunday. I was going to cook some pork
> shoulder "low and slow" for it. Pork shoulder roast is on sale through Tuesday
> here.
>
> Should I buy the pork now, freeze it, and smoke it next Sunday?
> Or should I buy the pork now, smoke it, and freeze it for next Sunday?
> I thought about buying it Tuesday and not freezing it, but I don't think it
> would last till the weekend just in the fridge.
>


I'd just keep it in the fridge for a week. If it is in a cryo-pac it is
probably good for a month or more.

If you buy it Tuesday it is probably the same one you'd buy today.