What a Winner Spend the Day at Work and Come Home to A Fully Cooked Pulled Pork Dinner. Also Great to Cook Ahead and Freeze

Crock-pot Pulled Pork

Low and Slow on the BBQ may be classic but this is really good and provided many easy meals, for short work time

The good thing about pulled pork is the fantastic taste. It takes a long time to cook but it just taste so good.

Sure the best way is low and slow in the smoker, weber or bbq, but that takes constant monitoring.

The fastest way is in a pressure cooker, but that still entails you spending time watching it.

The Slow Cooker - Crook Pot Method really has a place and time. Spend a little bit of prep time before going to work or on a day trip. When you come home you have BBQ Pulled Pork ready and waiting. 

The good thing about a slow cooker/crock pot is; you don’t have to tend to it. Prepare your food, turn it on and let it do its thing.

It’s easy. In fact you are doing yourself and the pig a disservice if you make it complicated. This is peasant food, not the food of Cordon Bleu trained chefs.

Click Arrow Above to Watch Video

Ingredients:

• Pork Shoulder: any size as long as it fits in your slow cooker
• Oil: just enough to lightly coat the crock pot and enough to coat the pork so the rub adheres
• Dry Rub: your favorite: Mine is simple and easy and further down
• 1 to 2 Cups of chicken stock depending upon size of pot. Not critical
• 2 Onions slice in 1/2 and put on bottom of pot.
• 2 Cups of your favorite BBQ sauce, plus a bit extra for topping sandwiches or plates. Grandpa's Barbecue Sauce recipe is below

Procedure:

1. Pat the pork dry with a paper towel
2. Rub it with a little bit of oil
3. Sprinkle the rub all over the pork
4. Pat the rub into the meat. Gentle is good.
5. Slice the onions and put them in the pot. They will keep the meat off the bottom of the pot and add flavouring
6. Put the pork on top of the onions
7. Pour in the chicken stock
8. Pour the BBQ sauce on top of the Pork
9. Cover the pot and cook on low. It could take 4 to 7 hours. When it is done the meat should fall apart when worked with a fork.
10. When cooked remove from pot and let it rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
11. Use a couple of forks to pull (shred) the pork.
12. Remove the liquid from the crock pot. Put the pulled pork in the pot and return enough of the liquid to give the look and feel you want.

Simple Rub 

Combine the following and mix, well put into a shaker jar.

• Salt 7 parts
• Pepper 2 parts
• Garlic Powder 1 part
• Paprika (Hungarian, sweet or smoked) 2 parts

Grandpa's BBQ Sauce

• 1 cup Ketchup
• 1 cup vinegar
• ½ Cup of golden syrup. If you don't have it use dark corn syrup or treacle.
• ¼ Cup molasses
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• ¼ teaspoon onion powder
• ¼ teaspoon Tabasco sauce (adjust up or down to taste)

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan over high heat. Use a whisk to blend the ingredients until smooth.

When it comes to a boil reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered. Remove it from the heat when it thickens (30 to 45 minutes)

Thank you to the You Tube Audio Library for providing the music “Sleepy Jake”
  

Great for Camping (If you have  electrical power)

We start the pork in the morning, before we leave on a day-trip. When we get back home we just pull out the pork, shred it and have a feast.

Is it as good as cooking it low and slow in a BBQ or smoker?  Hard to say, but it does allow busy people to enjoy it more often and is great when you are cooking and freezing for a month.

Link to Grandpa’s BBQ Sauce perfect for this dish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91kZoH0bNU