Carolina-Style Pulled Pork BBQ
- 1 (6 -7 lb) boston butt (6-7lbs with fat)
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- 1 13 cups water
- 12 cup ketchup
- 14 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 4 teaspoons salt
- 5 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons fresh ground white pepper
- 2 drops liquid smoke (optional)
- If you prefer, you can use a dry-rub on pork, but is not necessary.
- When I feel like it, I mix the following and rub the pork the day before grilling with the following: (2T hot paprika, 1t br.sugar, 1/2t celery salt, 1/2t garlic powder, 1t dry mustard, 1/2t onion powder, 1t black pepper).
- Set up grill (I prefer charcoal) for indirect grilling and add drip pan(to catch grease -- IMPORTANT!
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- Add soaked wood-chips to charcoal when temp reaches about 325.
- Add Butt (fat side up) to grill over drip-pan and cover, cook/smoke over indirect heat for about 5-6 hours, or until meat is fall-off-bone tender, adding fresh charcoal briquettes and soaked wood-chips as needed (about 10-12 every hour).
- You may wish to baste now and then with juices in drip-pan.
- Remove meat from grill, tent with foil and allow to cool.
- Once cooled, remove any skin, bones and fat from meat, "pulling" meat into shreds.
- (I use rubber gloves to avoid burning fingers and the greasy-mess this can make).
- Place "pulled" meat into non-reactive pan ( I use the grocery-store aluminum pans) and add "mop" sauce to taste.
- Best if allowed to sit in 200 degree oven for about 1/2 hour after cooking.
- Great served on buns with fresh cole-slaw!
boston butt, cider vinegar, water, ketchup, brown sugar, salt, red pepper, fresh ground black pepper, fresh ground white pepper, liquid smoke
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/carolina-style-pulled-pork-bbq-236972 (may not work)