So this was my first ever attempt at pulled pork and ever slow cooking anything. Who needs a smoker when you have a crock pot? This was absolutely amazing and I have eaten a lot of pulled pork, this with my Beasty BBQ Sauce and its delicious. I almost ate 2 lbs of this pork by myself. Hope you enjoy.
CrockPot Pulled Pork
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
- 4 lb bone in pork shoulder
- 4 tbsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbsp sea salt
- 2 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tbsp ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp ground white pepper
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 full batch of Beasty BBQ Sauce
Instructions
- Mix all of the above ingredients except the pork shoulder and the BBQ sauce in a small mixing bowl, mix it all well making your spice rub
- Massage the spice rub all over the meat in every crevice you can find
- Wrap tightly in a double wrap of plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, I did mine overnight. You can refrigerate this for up to 3 days
- Unwrap the roast and place it in your crock pot, add 1/4 cup of water and turn your crock pot on low and cook for 8-10 hours until the meat is fork-tender
- Transfer your roast to a cutting board and discard all the liquid in your crock pot
- Pull the meat apart by tearing the meat into thin shreds with two forks or your fingers
- Place all the shredded meat back in the crock pot and toss with Beasty BBQ Sauce and heat on low for 60 minutes until hot.
- Serve and enjoy
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Is there another cut of pork you might recommend for this? I know fat is good and all on Paleo, but it’s a total texture thing for me and I’ve read pork shoulder is fatty. Thanks for any input.
Your not going to be able to make the pulled pork with a lean piece. The fat is what bastes the meat. You can not eat the fat when it’s done
OK, I had never cooked a pork shoulder and it scared me, so I bought a smaller one and used this recipe (although didn’t make the beasty bbq sauce) – it is INCREDIBLE! I didn’t make the bbq sauce because my family kept smelling this cooking and as soon as I took it out of the crock pot and shredded it, it was GONE. :) Absolutely the best pork we’ve ever eaten…hands down. Thanks for ANOTHER great recipe. :) P.S. Bought your cookbook and will be using it all the time… :)
Thank you for the awesome comment. I am so glad you love it :)
Awesome! Have you tried using the liquid instead of beef stock for the sauce recipe?
I have amanda and it is AMAZING
George, LOVED this recipe with the Beasty sauce. I served it with baked sweet potatoes and roasted brussel sprouts. We ended up eating the pork, sauce and sweet potato all in one bite. Even more amazing! My kids called this dinner “a winner”, their highest compliment. Thanks for all the great recipes, we are so glad we found your site.
Oh thats awesome, high five to the kids :)
Just made this tonight, it was excellent … even had some extra sauce left for pork chops in a few days. Thanks for this and the others on the site, going to pick up your eBook soon!
Awesome thank you so much :)
Had this for dinner last night. AMAZING! I served it with roasted brussel sprouts and baked sweet potatoes. We all ended up mxing the pork, sauce and sweet potato together in one bite. A great combo, although the pork stands on its own for sure. My kids’ greatest compliment, “its a winner” was bantied about several times.
Woohoo, I love when kids love my food. Thanks for coming to let me know :)
Never made pulled pork before – just wondering what you do with the pork skin?
does it just get chucked out after you pull the pork meat off?
If you are using a pork shoulder or butt there normally won’t be much skin on except maybe on the fat cap, and I leave that on and shred it in with the meat to eat
Just made this tonight!! Made my house smell awesome and tasted amazing!! Thank you!
Awesome, your welcome
Made your crock pot baby back ribs last week and they were delicious….so decided to try this recipe out. In the crock pot as I type this, but it is already making my house smell amazing! Thank you
Your so welcome, you will love it
Tried this today. Used a 2.81 lb Boston Butt. Cooked for 6 hours (3 hours high, 3 hours low) and it turned out perfect. Yielded about 10 sandwiches. Thanks for the recipe.
This has become a classic in my house! Thank you for sharing this recipe. Every time we having a sporting event “watch party” at our house, this is what everyone asks for. Super Bowl Sunday will be no exception. I just opened the meat to add the rub and realized the butcher gave me a boneless roast. I’m worried it won’t be as good as in times past (after all, I have a reputation to uphold!) ;) Also, can you recommend how should I adjust the cooking time? Thanks in advance!
No you are good, I am using a boneless roast on sunday as well. Just keep an eye on it but you should be fine
We are making this for the third time now…..it’s becoming a firm favourite, and has even turned our friends and family onto paleo food! Perfect to seriously satisfy a hungry mob of people! Thanks for such a great recipe.
Woohoo, great to hear Angela, I am so glad you all love it
Made this yesterday. Literally, the best pulled pork I’ve ever had in my life! Thank you!
Thank you Kimberly, it is my favorite also :)
Totally going to make this for my coworkers on what they’ve dubbed “Sandi’s Crockpot Tuesday”. I make the whole office a Paleo meal in the crockpot every week. They’re going to love it!
This is going to be their favorite, be prepared to make it many times :)
I love love love this Pulled Pork!!! I’ve made it 3 times now… My husband just gave me permission to make it once a week (I was doing it once a month!) Thank You George!!!
You are so welcome, Hope you keep on loving it :)
One word: Amazing! We love this and can’t get enough!
My husband had a great idea for some (because there are a lot) of the leftovers. A twice baked sweet potato. Cut the potato in half. Bake the sweet potato until the inside are soft about 25 minutes then scoop out the inside of the potatoes. mix it with some pulled pork then dip it back into the potato skin. bake another 5 minutes.
That sounds amazing Ellen, I may try that
Just prepped my first Pork Shoulder in a crockpot I bought, just to follow this recipe! I even made the BBQ sauce :) Looking forward to popping this badboy in tomorrow morning and pulling it off the bone later on!
Oh it is so amazing
I forgot to add that I made the sauce 2 days ago so maybe that will make up for my oversight on the spices sitting on pork for awhile before cooking. Next time-and I’m sure there will be a next time-I’ll get it totally right :)
It won’t make a huge difference. The sauce is perfect two days old
Darn, I didn’t read the recipe through until just now and was planning this for tonight. It’s in the crockpot without letting it sit with the seasoning on it for 3 hours or longer. I hope it will still be okay (how could it not – it’s still going to sit with the spices for 8 hours in the slow cooker). What would suggest serving with it? Smells amazing already!
It will be fine. And I always end up eating it alone or I make lettuce wraps like tacos with it
This is delicious!!! Just the right amount of flavor & spice. I will spend today’s snow day snacking on this all day instead of snow day brownies!!! You rock, George!!!!
This is delicious!!! Just the right amount of spice & flavor. I’ll spend this entire snow day today snacking on this instead of snow day brownies!!! You rock, George!!!! Thank you!
Your so welcome. This is my favorite recipe
Trying this tonight so I can bring lunch tomorrow…after all of these awesome reviews, I can’t wait!
Anne I think you will be pleasantly surprised :)
My mouth is watering by just looking at this picture. I am so hungry right now that I think I can consume it all by myself in one day. I need to try this tomorrow. Thanks for posting!
Go make it, its amazing
This is SO GOOD! Thanks for sharing this AWESOME recipe!!! :)
Your so welcome