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How do you make large cuts of pork or beef that fall apart on the plate using only an oven? (beehaw.org)

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I'm not talking "you don't need a knife" level here, I'm looking for, "you need a spoon to finish the last bits" level of falling apart.

What are your specific techniques and tricks for different cuts?

Also, if you know a great Tennessee style dry rub I really want to know about it please.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fat and connecting tissue melts with heat, that's what gelatin is.

Time and heat=fallapart dry meat. Balance heat and time to have it fall apart and not be dry, but you can't perfectly have both. Sous vide, lowest possible foodsafe temp and long time works pretty good, but you still don't want to go overboard.

Also, everybody likes the mallard reaction and browning and you don't get that with low heat (like 129F).

If all you want is fall-apart meat, that's easy, though, just render all the connective tissues into liquid.