Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork

Serves 12 · via recipetineats.com

Juicy, flavorful pulled pork made in the slow cooker with a homemade BBQ sauce. Big-batch recipe; freezes well; great for entertaining.

Ingredients

• pork butt / pork shoulder
• beer
• brown sugar
• paprika
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• mustard powder
• ground cumin
• salt
• black pepper
• apple cider vinegar
• tomato ketchup
• water
• molasses
• brown sugar
• mustard powder
• garlic powder
• Worcestershire sauce
• salt
• black pepper
• Tabasco

Method

1. Mix the Rub together, then rub all over the pork.
2. Place in a slow cooker, pour over beer. Slow cook on low for 10 hours. Pork should be tender enough to easily shred.
3. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.
4. Transfer from slow cooker into a roasting pan (reserve liquid).
5. Scoop fat off surface of juices in slow cooker and drizzle over pork (about 1/3 cup), then roast pork for 20 minutes.
6. Remove from oven, cut thick layer of fat off top and discard. Spoon over 1/4 cup fat from slow cooker juices, then roast 15 minutes.
7. Shred pork using 2 forks. Pour over BBQ sauce, toss gently.
8. Serve stuffed in sliders with Coleslaw, or make a Southern dinner plate with Coleslaw, Mac and Cheese, Corn bread, steamed corn & green beans tossed in butter, with Margaritas to quench your thirst!
9. Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes or until thickened.
10. Add 3/4 - 1 cup of juices from slow cooker until sauce is syrup consistency.
11. Adjust to taste: sweetness with brown sugar / honey, salt and sour with vinegar. Use per recipe.