Bob's Smoked Pulled Pork

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This smoked pulled pork recipe makes the most flavorful and tender shredded pork. I brine the pork shoulder in cider, then coat it with a brown sugar BBQ rub before smoking it slowly to add flavor and moisture to the meat.

Prep
12 min
Cook
91 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Place pork shoulder in a large pot and add enough apple cider to cover. Combine white sugar, brown sugar, salt, paprika, onion powder, black pepper, and garlic powder in a bowl.
  3. 3 Mix 1/4 cup of sugar rub into cider; reserve remaining rub. Cover the pot and refrigerate for 12 hours. Preheat the smoker to 210 degrees F (99 degrees C). Add enough wood chips to the smoker.
  4. 4 Pour cider brine into the water pan of the smoker; add onion and 1/4 cup more sugar rub.
  5. 5 Spread remaining sugar rub over pork shoulder. Transfer pork to the center of the smoker.
  6. 6 Smoke pork until very tender or until it reaches an internal temperature of 200 degrees F (95 degrees C), about 8 hours. Monitor hickory chips and liquid, adding more as needed.
  7. 7 Transfer pork to a large platter and let it rest for 30 minutes before shredding with forks.

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