What Makes a Great Barbecue Pulled or Shredded Chicken or Pork Entrée?
When you’re not in the mood for burgers and fries, a barbecue sandwich can be a great change of pace. With packaged barbecue pulled or shredded chicken or pork in your refrigerator, you don’t have to rely on the local barbecue restaurant. Send these tangy sandwiches to work and school in sack lunches, or serve them for weeknight family dinners, cookouts and deck parties. If you’re not in the mood for sandwiches, a heaping scoop of the meat makes a great entrée with coleslaw and corn. Our chefs define high-quality refrigerated barbecue pulled or shredded chicken or pork entrées as having an orange to brick red color. The meat should have a uniform shred with consistently-sized pieces, and the meat to sauce ratio should be 70 percent meat to 30 percent sauce. The bold aroma should have a complex character that includes chicken or pork, vegetable, seasoning, vinegar, tomato, molasses and brown sugar notes. The aroma should not be simple or one-dimensional, and there should be no inappropr
