Grammy's Kitchen · Pulled Pork · Low-and-Slow Pulled Pork (Smoked Pork Should

One of 176 pulled pork recipes we measured

Low-and-Slow Pulled Pork (Smoked Pork Shoulder)

from www.seriouseats.com

It ranks #1 of 176 for gravy quality among the pulled pork recipes we compared. 1 cooks on www.seriouseats.com rate it 5.0★.

hands-on10m
waitingnone
makes8
each$5.39
kcal1268
levelbeginner
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 176.

this recipe typical
aromatics0%0%
sweetener0%6%
salt0%0%
collagen idx0.80.8
marbling idx0.60.6

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 176 for gravy quality

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

4536 g1 10-pound (4.5kg) skinless, bone-in pork butt, or one 6-pound (2.7kg) skinless, boneless pork butt (see note)
Kosher salt
Brown or yellow mustard, for slathering
Hot sauce, such as Texas Pete, for slathering (optional)
Lean and Mean Dry Rub for Pulled Pork
Eastern North Carolina Vinegar-and-Pepper Barbecue Sauce
Potato buns, for serving
Coleslaw, for serving

Method: 9 steps, published by www.seriouseats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“@SteveDin It really depends on your smoker, though I'm curious about this minion method @MichaelmcD mentioned. Managing the heat and smoke is one of the most difficult aspects of barbecue, and it varies tremendously by smoker type, wood type (not just hickory ” — a cook
“@ SteveDin Replying months later-- when we smoke a pork butt we generally start it on the smoke the day before we want to eat it, however many hours of smoke we want before we figure we'll want to be done for the night (usually 4-6 hours). We smoke with oak lo” — a cook
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