Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

Can you use a Dutch oven for this? And if so, how long and at what tempature would you cook it at?

I used a Dutch oven for this and cooked it for 6 hours at 250. It was absolutely delicious. The only change I made was to add a Tablespoon of liquid smoke while it was cooking because I love a smoky flavor. If you think you will reheat during the week I would suggest not putting the full amount of BBQ sauce and saving a little of the left over liquids to use for reheating. This is a keeper recipe! Can’t wait to make again!

I slow-cook my pork shoulder 8-10 hours on low with no searing and no rub--just the pork shoulder and water. The reason I am writing though, is to say that I freeze the pulled cooked pork in portions in zip-lok bags. Then when I need a quick meal, I grab a bag from the freezer, heat it up in some chicken broth, put the pork on a bun, and add some BBQ sauce. Instant meal and so good. Tastes like I just pulled it out of the slow cooker.

I used a bottle of Octoberfest ale instead of soda - fantastic! Great spice mixture - I refrigerated overnight, skimmed off the fat, and kept the rest of the juices with the shredded meat, served with hot gardiniera on toasted buns. Great Sunday night dinner...

A word of caution: Use sodas with natural sugars!!! Some of the artificial sweeteners do not react well to heating and may give an unpleasant bitter taste to your meat. You don't have to limit yourself to only dark colas for the liquid in this recipe. We found that Mountain Dew gives a light, fruity tang.

A tasty and forgiving recipe. Cooking in the slow cooker on high for 4-5 hours works as wells as low for 8-9 hours. Any rub you would normally use is fine, though the one in the recipe is easy and delicious. My family can't tell the difference when I brown it first versus not browning it. So I now skip that step. I've used a variety of fatty pork roasts and the all have come out fine.

I’d suggest a cabbage slaw

Save some of the pork before adding the barbecue sauce. Sauté in olive oil for delicious carnitas.

Made this with chicken breasts instead of pork and it was a huge hit. Already asking me to make it again...

John: I have made this for the first time with 4 pounds of trimmed pork shoulder in a dutch oven. 6 hours at 325° gives a nice result. Breaking apart the pork (around 3 hours let's say) to allow it to cook in its own fat seems to result in a moister meat.

John: you can use a Dutch oven. I would cook it for 3 hours at 250-300 degrees. Use a bit more liquid-water, maybe. Check every once in a while.

This recipe tasted amazing and truly took NO effort whatsoever. I did the dry rub the night before and then just threw everything into the crock pot around noon to have the meal ready for dinner. Took about 6 hours for mine to achieve that perfect, tender texture. The flavor is so good we didn’t even use the barbecue sauce! I did break up the meat about 3 hours in to make sure that the whole thing was submerged in the liquid — but not sure if that was necessary or not!

Dr. Pepper as a marinade? I have lived in North Carolina and Virginia, my godparents were from Kansas City and my godmother made ribs 3 nights a week. I know good BBQ. I have heard about the technique, but remained skeptical until the first bite. I wouldn't have tried it, but quarantine made me do it. Magical.... I used a bone-in shoulder roast - it was firmer and harder to pull apart so ixnay on that, still amazing though. As they say, "Go on and git you sum."

Will definitely make this again but next time I think I will not add the barbecue sauce to all the meat, but rather let people add it per individual serving. I felt the meat was more flavorful before being mixed with sauce and the sauce would be better as a topping. I did make the homemade sauce recipe and it was easy and good.

Made this today. Used the rub from the recipe but didn’t refrigerate or sear. Just threw it in the slow cooker with some Mexican Coke and the onions. Used a bone-in 9# pork shoulder and cooked it on low for 8.5 hours. Shredded up beautifully. Added some local sourced bbq sauce and it turned out wonderful. Easy peasy.