BBQ pulled pork from the South is incredibly simple to cook! My family, friends, and coworkers have all praised my Boston butt BBQ crockpot recipe as some of the greatest barbecue they have ever had. This is the fun part of the recipe because you can use any sauce you choose and it turns out excellent. When I make it, I use a vinegar-based sauce in the North Carolina style. The pulled pork is delicious on sandwiches and on barbecue dishes.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 hrs 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 10 hrs 40 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (3 pound) boneless pork shoulder (Boston Butt) roast
- ¾ cup cider vinegar
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 cup barbeque sauce, or to taste
Instructions
- Place pork shoulder in the slow cooker. Pour vinegar over pork, coating all sides; season with salt and pepper.
- Cook on Low for 10 to 12 hours.
- Transfer pork to a platter. Drain and discard juices from the slow cooker. Chop pork and return to the slow cooker.
- Add barbeque sauce and continue cooking for 30 minutes.
- If you want a more smoky flavor, add a few drops of liquid smoke.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 269 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 67 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 402 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I’m giving this a 5. I was skeptical about slow cooking the pork without searing it first, but with the vinegar and a little bbq sauce it came out fantastic. I used less bbq and mixed it with a little water bc I wanted to use it for tacos, bbq sandwiches or salads. Came out perfect. This is my new pulled pork base recipe. Ty!
Made this at the fire station, excellent taste and super simple. We made it in the dutch oven instead of the slow cooker, turned out great!
I love this simple yet delicious BBQ Pork recipe…. I just thought I’d share what I added that I liked… Started w/ 8 lb Roast 2 – cups Vinegar – (1 cup was Apple Cider V – 1 cup Regular White Vinegar) I.5 Large White Onion (sure any kind would do, just had the whites on hand) Chopped Medium / fine – layered about 1/2 on bottom of slow cooker before adding roast, then added the rest on top of roast just before starting heat. Seasoned entire Roast with S/P and Garlic & Onion Powder – Generously…
This meal is absolutely amazing! My guest asked for the recipe and made it the following weekend. It’s very simple and delicious. I will definitely make it many times!
Super easy and super good!
came out delicious hubby was very pleased!!! came out a bit on the sweet side but thats just because of the sauce I used!!!! it really was delicious !!!
Followed recipe except for sprinkled brown sugar on top of roast half way through. I used a ten pound butt and cooked on high for ten hours. It was perfection.
Delicious! The house smelled wonderful, it was fall-off-the-bone awesome. I pulled some aside for pork street tacos later in the week and most of a 5 lb picnic shoulder was gone the first day.
Ive made it twice. The second time, I put a couple of chicken breasts in with the pork. They cook faster than the pork, so keep an eye on them. This recipe is so very, very good. I made pulled pork bunwiches with chopped white onion and sauerkraut.
This recipe was very good. I had a four and a half pound boneless butt and it was done in about six hours. instead of just salt and pepper I did a dry rub. I ts. up to a person’s individual preference. The meat was tender and delicious. I would definitely make again.
Best BBQ I’ve ever made! It was easy and my whole family loved it. This will definitely be my go to recipe.
I added a touch more vinegar a teaspoon of brown sugar Best bbq ever
Pork comes out so tender. I cooked it in a crock pot for 4-6 hours on high. Delicious!! I added extra maple flavored barbecue sauce to enhance the flavor. I would make this again in a heartbeat!!
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Easy to make with minimal prep and just a few ingredients. Our first attempt came out quite good. I can see where it would get a little better each time you make it. Adjustments to the salt and pepper each time might fine tune it exactly the way you like. Also, it is heavily dependent on which barbecue sauce you choose as that is the dominant flavor. We used Stubb’s Original and 1 cup was barely enough because it is a thicker sauce. I probably should have added a little water when adding the barbecue sauce in the final step, but I thought the moisture from the slow cooker might be enough. It was still excellent. Definitely will make this again. We made this a second time and cut back a bit on the vinegar and enjoyed it even more than the first time.
6+ pound Boston butt, cooked as written. Excellent. Rave reviews by guests. I will make this again.
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Pork was ready in 8 hours. I used Newman’s Own Hickory BBQ Sauce and served on Martins Potato Rolls. Only put about half in the sauce, because I thought it tasted great without, also The family liked it with or without the sauce. Made potato salad to go with it. Was good on rice, too.
It was tender but the barbecue sauce is the most important ingredient. The pork itself is bland.
First time for me and used 7.5 pound Boston Butt Roast so had to use more of the vinegar. Also started it round 10:30 pm and let it cook on low until maybe 12:30. Then pulled apart (so moist it just about fell apart), poured a good amount of Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue sauce and left another 45 minutes. It was/is AMAZING! We’re eating leftovers of this all weekend long instead of going out in rain and traffic!! I will absolutely make this again!! So very easy!
The recipe was great! I added additional barbecue sauce.