Grilling season is upon us and that means it’s time to break out all the good meats. One thing I love making is the Memphis BBQ rub recipe I found online many years ago. This is a great season for meats before grilling. I also have a regular season I use for my crockpot pulled pork used for meal prepping. Now let’s take a look at the 2 different ways I cook pulled pork.

Easy Crockpot Pulled Pork

Ingredients:

up to 5 lbs. bone-in pork butt Pulled Pork Season or BBQ rub (I make my own. See below.)

1 medium onion, sliced or chopped 1 cup chicken or bone broth

Pulled Pork (or Chicken) Season

1.5 Tbsp. Paprika

1/2 Tbsp. Onion Powder

1/2 Tbsp. Garlic Powder

1/2 Tbsp. Black Pepper

1/2 Tbsp. Sea Salt

1 tsp. Mustard Powder

Directions: Clean the pork roast and pat dry with some paper towels. Add as much pork season (or BBQ rub) to both sides of the meat. In a lightly greased 6-quart slow cooker, place the onion at the bottom. Place pork roast on top. Cover and cook on LOW setting for 8-10 hours or until fork-tender. Take out pork and discard all but 1/4 cup of the liquid.  Remove the bone and shred the meat. Now add the meat back to the slow cooker to toss in the reserved liquid. I love cooking and having pulled pork around for meal prep. It makes it easy to use in various ways or separate into meal portions to freeze for later. I’ll share more about that in a later post.

Memphis Style BBQ rub Ingredients:
3 Tbsp. Paprika
3 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
1 Tbsp. Onion powder
1 Tbsp. Garlic powder
1 Tbsp. Sea Salt
1 Tbsp. ground black pepper
1 Tbsp. dried Basil
1/2 Tbsp. ground mustard powder
2 tsp. ground Cayenne Pepper

Directions for making BBQ Pulled Pork: I suggest using 3-4 lbs. of boneless pork butt/roast. Mix BBQ rub ingredients together and use to season meat. Just coat meat with your desired amount of rub. Cook in a sprayed 4-6 quart slow cooker with 1/2 cup broth on LOW for 6-8 hours or until fork tender. After cooking remove the meat and leave 1/4 cup of broth. Now just shred the meat and add it back to the slow cooker. Combine a 12 oz. bottle of your favorite BBQ sauce, 2 Tbsp. honey (less or more according to your taste), 1 tsp. Liquid Smoke, a few dashes of hot sauce in a bowl or glass measuring cup. Pour over roast, toss meat to coat, and cook for up to 30 minutes on LOW to warm up the sauce. Serve over your choice of buns. It is delicious topped with Cole slaw too.

Note: This stuff is good on ribs, chicken, beef, or any pork. Just use desired amount to season meat of choice. For ribs or steak just rub into the meat before grilling. When we grill we often add sauce on ours before the meat has finished cooking. My go-to BBQ sauce is the Kraft or Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce. I just mix up some Kraft original BBQ sauce with a little honey. Sometimes I add a few drops of Tabasco or Hot Sauce for an extra kick.

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