Honey, let me tell you about one of my favorite recipes — Smoked Pulled Pork is something I’ve been making for years and it never disappoints! This is the kind of dish that fills the whole kitchen with the most wonderful aroma and has everyone asking when dinner will be ready.
Made with simple, wholesome ingredients like paprika, black pepper, brown sugar, this recipe comes together without any fuss. That’s the way Gran likes it — good food that doesn’t keep you in the kitchen all day.
Whether you’re making this for a weeknight dinner or bringing it to a gathering, I promise it will disappear fast. Don’t forget to scroll down and let me know how it turned out in the comments!
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Smoked Pulled Pork
Ingredients
- 1.5 tablespoon Paprika
- 1.5 tablespoon Black Pepper
- 1 tablespoon Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Salt
- 1 tablespoon Mustard
- 2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 2 teaspoon Onion Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Pepper
- 6 pound Pork
Instructions
- Combine dry ingredients, making sure to break up any sugar clumps.
- Reserve 1/4 cup of rub for later.
- Rub pork with remaining rub and place in large ziplock or aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight or until ready to smoke.
- Before smoking pork, re-rub with 1/4 cup of rub.
- Let pork come to room temp while smoker heats up to 220-240 degrees, about 45 minutes.
- Smoke pork for 3 hours, then to speed up cooking and keep pork moist, wrap pork in heavy duty foil for remainder of smoking time.
- Pork will take at least 2 hours per pound to reach an internal temp of 195 degrees.
- If smoker cooks too low or if it’s taking too long, put the foil-wrapped pork in the oven at 250 degrees to finish.
- When pork reaches internal temp of 195 degrees.
- Remove from smoker and place a heavy duty towel over foil-wrapped pork for 30 minutes-3 hours.
- Shred or pull pork with two forks or your hands, making sure to distribute the seasoned outer pieces with the inner pieces.
- Serve with your favorite sauce!
