Name: 'Pretty Freaking Awesome' Pulled Pork (Crock Pot)
Prep time: 6 h
Cook time: 15 h
Total time: 21 h
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 -4 lbs pork butt; 2 large onions; 1 cup ginger ale; 16 ounces barbecue sauce (I used 4 oz Famous Dave's Texas Pit and 12 oz Zarda's Original); 1 tablespoon light brown sugar; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 tablespoon paprika; 1 tablespoon salt; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon dry mustard; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne

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'Pretty Freaking Awesome' Pulled Pork (Crock Pot) created by lazyme

In the search for the best pulled pork recipe there were several that I found that were appealing. I combined a couple recipes and added my own flare to make this delicious dish. The recipe is easy enough to include my kids. My 3 year old really enjoyed asking the butcher for some pork butt, while my 4 year old enjoyed applying the rub.

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ingredients

3 -4 lbs pork butt
2 large onions
1 cup ginger ale
16 ounces barbecue sauce (I used 4 oz Famous Dave's Texas Pit and 12 oz Zarda's Original)
Rub
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dry mustard
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cayenne

directions

1. 6 hours before cooking, mix all ingredients for the rub and apply the rub liberally onto the butt, cover with plastic, and store in the refrigerator.
3. Slice one onion and place in crock pot.
4. Put in the butt and cover with the other onion, sliced. Pour in the ginger ale. Cover and cook on LOW for about 12 hours, turning once or twice in the process to ensure more even cooking.
5. Remove the meat, strain and save the onion and 1/4-1/2 cup of the liquid.
6. With latex gloves, pull the pork apart by hand and add it back to the crockpot, discarding any remaining fat, bones, or skin. Most of the fat will have melted away.
7. Depending on how dry the pork is in the crock pot, add 1/4-/12 cup of saved liquid to keep the pork most.
8. Chop up the saved onion into tiny pieces and add back to the crock pot.
9. Stir in the barbeque sauce.
10. Continue to cook with the lid on for another 2-4 hours.
11. Serve on hamburger buns, topped with more sauce, coleslaw, and sliced pickles.

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"In the search for the best pulled pork recipe there were several that I found that were appealing. I combined a couple recipes and added my own flare to make this delicious dish. The recipe is easy enough to include my kids. My 3 year old really enjoyed asking the butcher for some pork butt, while my 4 year old enjoyed applying the rub."

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question by Roxanne L.

3/19/2018

Does this freeze well?

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review by tremblaygonefishin

2/15/2015

Amazing. Simply an amazing recipe. I threw the roast in my crock pot at roughly 10 at night, let it cook over night and 12 hours later I was pulling it apart getting ready for some cue sauce. Thanks for posting! The Tremblays

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photo by lazyme

2/6/2015

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review by lazyme

2/6/2015

Yum. I made this for the Super Bowl and everyone seemed to really enjoy them. I did add more barbecue sauce at the end to make them super messy. lol. Thanks for sharing. Made for Best of 2014 tag.

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review by Linky

1/15/2015

And freaking fast, too. We decided to have pulled pork and did not get home from the store until 3:30pm. I put the roast, a can of diet ginger ale and a cut up onion in a 400+ degree Nesco roaster. I just sprinkled the rub spices on top of the roast and let 'er rip for 3 hrs. Pulled apart with two forks and added about 2/3 cut of barbecue sauce. (My roast was only 2.8 lbs.) Let it warm up for a few minutes and voila! The crew was glad I found this recipe!<br/>PS. In the meantime, I've done it as written and it was freakin' fabulous that way, too!

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