Any instructions/hints/recipes on how to do this in order make a great pulled pork sandwich is much appreciated! Want to do it for the labor day weekend!!! I wonder which is the best cut of meat for this purpose. My friends told me that I don’t need to buy the most expensive ones, because cheaper are also great, thanks to the long, slow cooking process which makes the meat tender.
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I use fresh picnic to make pulled pork. Cook it in the crok pot with onion, pepper, sage, or what ever spices you like with your pork.
The meat will be so tender, then sauce it as you like.
Cooking it slow on a smoker would be excellent also.
It is pork shoulder sometiems call the butt. I make this a couple of times a year.
You need to slow smoke this piece of meat due to it being so tough. The connective tissue needs to break down slowly.
How I do it (I have a smoker with an offset firebox. if you don’t have one of these, set up your grill for indirect heat, meaning fuel on one side meat on the other)
I use a combination of hardwood charcoal and apple wood. Place a foil container under the grate where I will be setting the meat. Smoke for 1 1/2 hours per pound. Last month a ten pounder took me 19 hours. Believe me, it’s worth it.
When it’s done, let it cool for at least 30 minutes. Then begin pulling the meat apart, discarding all fat and connective tissue. There are many different sauces that you can use, I use an apple cider vinegar based sauce that I prepare with hot pepper flakes. Or you can use BBQ sauce. There are plenty of recipes for sauces for pulled pork on the net. Just find one you like.
I toss a butt roast and a can of Coke into the crock pot and cook until the meat is falling off the bone. Then I remove the bones, shred the meat and sprinkle with liquid smoke and a handful of brown sugar. Then I mix in barbeque sauce and heat through.
use a pork boston butt. Cook it till the meat starts to seperate from the bone. Then pull out the meat before it cools completly. This is a very fatty cut, so make sure and get most of it out. Enjoy!
Almost any cut will work, but for saving money, it’s best to use cuts like pork shoulder (best cut for pulled pork), pork butt, boston butt ….all these cuts benefit from long slow cooking and because of the fat content really stay moist and tasty. The butcher at your supermarket will show you the best cuts for pulled pork.
Here’s a good article:http://bbq.about.com/cs/porkpulled/a/aa0…
actually my mom told me about this one today, take a pork roast put it in the crock pot let it simmer all day long, she says not to put water in it, after its done the meat will just fall apart, take it add barbeque sauce and put it on buns, she said it was delicious, ive tried it with a similar recipe using cubesteak and it was out of this world, hope this helps, have agreat day!
Actually the cheaper cuts work best, usually a shoulder roast or fresh ham, Just seperate the meat from the fat when cooked,and pull the meat into shreds.
the butt I think and you just need to slow cook and it should shred nicely…..if you want to buy your barbecue sauce, sweet baby rays is great
i like using a pork shoulder or a pork butt. pork shoulder is leaner. i just put the meat in a stock pot and season it(salt pepper, granulated onion and garlic) then add water and some lemon juice so the meat is sitting in like 1-2 inches of water then cover and let it simmer on med.hi heat. check the meat and add more water as necessary. then when the meat is almost done let most of the juice boil or steam off then take your meat out and pull it apart with 2 forks. then add BBQ sauce if you want.
you can use a pork shoulder or pork butt. Rub it with garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper,dried mustard,brown sugar and paprika. Wrap it with tin foil and bake at 275 for about 5 hours.Let rest for half hour and shred with a fork.Serve with your favorite BBQ sauce.
i always use a shoulder roast and it seems to be best with the bone still in. i marinate it overnight (usually in BBQ sauce &/or horseradish mustard), cook it for a long time (at least 3-4 hours), then remove the meat & separate it into bits, mix in more seasoning (i like banana pepper rings with just a bit of tomato paste and a little ground black pepper) and then cook/heat/warm it in a crockpot. keep it moist by adding a few tablespoons of water as needed.
Boston butt/ aka shoulder roast. We slow cook it on the BBQ for about 4-6 hrs. Yummm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i use pork loin just pop it in your slow cooker and add a can of chicken broth and some garlic salt and pepper let her rip for about 8 hours get it out to cool. When cool enough to handle shred with two forks. add fav bbq sauce and reheat.