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The Best Pulled Pork Recipe makes delicious pulled pork that’s always a favorite for so many dishes! Easily made in the slow cooker, this pulled pork is loaded with flavor!
Piled high on a bun and topped with coleslaw for a favorite pulled pork sandwich or served with a drizzle of homemade bbq sauce and delicious side dishes, this recipe results in the best pulled pork I’ve ever tasted.
This Pulled Pork is easy to prepare, but leaves everyone thinking you tended to it all day long. I love that the prep time is only around 5 minutes and the slow cooker works its magic while cooking it low and slow and easy!
The Best Pulled Pork Recipe
Full of rich, smoky sweetness, pulled pork just couldn’t be easier than this recipe!
How to Make the Best Pulled Pork
To make this pulled pork in the slow cooker, you’ll need:
Ingredients
- Pork – pork shoulder blade roast, pork butt or pork picnic
- Worcestershire sauce or coconut aminos
- Stone House Seasoning – house seasoning I created for my family (hence the name) that brings out such heightened flavor
- Barbecue sauce -this is optional, but adds another level of delicious flavor
Step by Step Instructions
- Place pork in slow cooker.
- Add coconut aminos or Worcestershire sauce to the meat, along with Stone House Seasoning.
- Set slow cooker on Low and cook for 8 to 10 hours.
- Then leave meat in the slow cooker on Warm setting for 4 more hours until pork pulls easily with two forks.
- Turn off the slow cooker and allow the pork to rest for 5 to 10 minutes.
- Pull the pork into large pieces with two forks.
- Serve warm with Homemade Barbecue Sauce or your favorite sauce.
Tips
The prep time for the delicious Pulled Pork is only minutes, but the pork reaches it’s juiciest, most savory flavor by cooking it low and slow. So in the morning before you head off to work or the day’s activities, prepare the recipe, set the slow cooker and be greeted with a dinner you can have on the table in a flash.
The pork can also be prepped the night before by adding ingredients to the slow cooker insert. Then place the covered slow cooker insert in the refrigerator overnight, remove insert in morning and return to slow cooker. Proceed with instructions for cooking time and temperature settings.
This slow cooker pulled pork is also perfect for serving on holidays, for tailgating or watching football games, for barbecues with family and friends – and really any time you want an easy, yet delicious and comforting meal to serve!
Make Ahead Instructions
Store any leftover pulled pork in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
Freezer Instructions
Allow the pulled pork to cool and then store in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for up to 3 months.
What to Serve with Pulled Pork
Classic pulled pork is often served with sauce on the side, along with pickles and potato chips. It’s also enjoyed with some favorite side dishes whether served as a platter or a pulled pork sandwich!
Side Dishes
- Coleslaw – coleslaw is also a favorite topping for pulled porks sandwiches!
- Baked Beans
- Potato Salad
Desserts
And for dessert, some Southern classic choices to accompany pulled pork are:
Whenever making this, it turns your kitchen into the most popular BBQ place in town!
Here’s how I my easy Pulled Pork recipe. I hope you love it as much as we do!
The Best Pulled Pork Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (3-5 pound) Pork Shoulder Blade Roast, Pork Butt or Picnic
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce or coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon Stone House Seasoning
- barbeque sauce optional
Instructions
- Place pork into the slow cooker. Add a few dashes of Worcestershire sauce to the meat along with the Stone House Seasoning. Cook on low setting of slow cooker for 8-10 hours. Leave meat in the slow cooker on the “warm” setting for about 4 more hours or until the meat easily will pull with two forks.
- Allow the pork to rest about 5-10 minutes. Then, pull the pork into large pieces using two forks.
- Serve warm with your favorite BBQ sauce.
Video
Notes
Store any leftover pulled pork in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Freezer Friendly:
Allow the pulled pork to cool and then store in a freezer-safe container in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Nutritional Information
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
From the Add a Pinch recipe archives. Originally published 2010.
Im just in awe that you got that bark and what looks kinda like a smoke ring in a slow cooker? Your pulling our leg! Do you ever use an electric pressure cooker? Im thinknig of doing this tomorrow in a pressure cooker
Thanks!
I make it according to this recipe all the time in my slow cooker. Use the ingredients and cook and low and slow like the recipe says, and it will turn out like this. Thanks!
So you cook it for 8-10 hours and then 4 more hours on warm? I just want to make sure I do it right 🙂 Also, which meat do you usually use out of the three options you gave?
Thank you so much!!
Hi Libby,
I do! That amount of time for the pork on warm really does the trick for the most tender pork I’ve ever cooked! I hope you enjoy it! As for the cut of the pork, I generally go with whatever my local grocer has at the moment. Being in a fairly small town, my grocery store doesn’t always have all three available. 🙂
Thank you so much for responding!! I can’t wait to try this! I have never commented here but I’ve been following you for years and I love your recipes! They are so easy to follow and delicious!! Thanks so much again 🙂
You are most welcome, Libby! I hope you enjoy this – I make it all the time and we love it!
I’m so happy to hear that you enjoy the recipes! I sincerely appreciate you letting me know this and hope you continue to find recipes that you enjoy! Thanks! xo
Will enjoy this recipe! Looking at the nutrition info I have a question, Robin. It says one serving is 595mg sodium. is that JUST for the meat, before any sauce? If so, WOW that seems high. If you were including your choice of sauce with the meat, would you please note the nutrition info for the meat only? Thanks.
Thanks so much for all of these great recipes. I am relatively new to all this and would like to know if you had your choice of the three cuts of meat, which one would you use ?? I have had slow cooked pulled pork (Boneless Boston Butt) on the charcoal cooker before but have no experience with the crock pot. Thank you, Jim Mann
Where are the seasoning ingredients shown in the video? I don’t see it listed but the video recipe shows adding the seasoning. Thanks
Hi Cindy! It is a blend of salt, pepper and garlic. I’ve updated the recipe to include the link to the seasoning, but here is the direct link: https://addapinch.com/stone-house-seasoning-recipe/ I hope you enjoy it! xo
Hello, can you also make this with beef? Would you suggest covering it with water while in the crockpot if you do use beef? Beef tends to dry right? Thank you in advanced! I’ve never made bbq at home before but we have an oversupply of roasts since we homegrow all our beef!
Kristen, you might want to try my Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Recipe. We love to make BBQ beef sliders with this recipe. Hope you enjoy!
The recipe lists 1 tablespoon of your stone house seasoning (which I love and use on many dishes). The video looks like you are using much more than 1 tablespoon. Is that 1 tablespoon just to clarify?
Hi Susan,
I probably added a little more in the video – we love it so much that sometimes I add a little extra. The recipe amount is correct, but you can always add a bit more to taste if you wish.
Thanks so much! xo
WOW! I followed Robin’s recipe as written and it turned out fantastic. I got the nice bark on the top of the pork and, Oh My, is it delicious. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe with everyone. It’s hard to believe it was so easy to make and yet taste this good. Also, I made Robin’s Coleslaw and is is also the bomb! Match made in heaven!
Robyn not Robin Oops.. sorry for misspelling your name… darn auto correct :(.
I’m so glad the pulled pork and the coleslaw worked so well for you, Katherine. Don’t you love how easy they both are to make!