This Slow Cooker Pulled Pork recipe absolutely delicious with the juiciest meat full of flavor with the perfect blend of spices. It is the perfect recipe for busy days where you can turn the slow cooker on 4 hours later have the best pulled pork you have ever eaten!
This is the best pulled pork recipe out there. The pork is covered in a dry rub that marinades for a couple of house before it is added to the slow cooker with liquid smoke infused braising liquid for the most delicious pork sandwiches.
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❤️ Why I Love This Recipe
✔️ I love easy recipes and slow cooker recipes where you fix it and forget it are the best! The slow cooker is my favorite way to make pulled pork.
✔️ This is a great recipe for game day! The crock pot keeps the pork warm and family and friends can assemble their own sandwiches with their favorite barbecue sauce.
✔️ Leftovers make excellent pizza, quesadillas, and more!
🥘 Ingredients
Pork loin, butt or shoulder roast
🔪 Instructions
For The Dry Rub
- In a small mixing bowl add the salt, pepper, brown sugar, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Stir to thoroughly combine.
- Sprinkle the rub mixture all over the pork roast, pressing the rub into the pork. Cover the pork with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
For The Pork Roast
- Combine the coke zero, apple cider vinegar, worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke and garlic powder in a large crock pot. Place the pork in the crockpot and cover with the lid.
- Cook for 4 hours on the high setting or 8 hours on low setting. Turn the roast ovr in the crockpot halfway through cooking time.
- Remove the roast from the slow cooker and let stand for 10 minutes, or until cool enough to handle. Shred the pork with forks or tongs until in bite sized pieces.
- Serve as desired.
🙋 Recipe FAQ's
Pork shoulder is the best cut, but other cuts such as a pork loin or pork butt are good choices also.
Yes, pulled pork can be made in the instant pot. There are full instructions on this post for Instant Pot Pulled Pork.
What is liquid smoke?
Liquid smoke is made from condensed smoke from burning wood. It is used to as a flavoring in this pulled pork recipe to give it that smoked over wood flavor.
💭 Tips
- Always pat the pork roast dry with a paper towel before sprinkling it with the rub.
- Gently massage the pork roast to aid in absorbing the flavor of the rub into the meat.
- Be sure to not skip the refrigeration part, this is what allows flavor to seep into the pork.
📖 Variations
- Substitute rootbeer for the coca cola.
- Use the same amount of chipotle powder or regular chili powder in place of the cayenne pepper.
🍽 Equipment
Slow cooker, this is the best slow cooker to own! I love how it is fully programmable and switches to the warm setting once the cook time is complete.
🏫 What I've Learned
The slow cooker is a cooks best friend and one of the easiest ways to cook food for a tender, flavorful roast. It does all the work and there is very little mess to clean up afterward.
A slow cooker with digital settings that allows you to program and keeps the food on a warm setting after the meal is cooked is the best type of slow cooker to use.
Serving Suggestions
This recipe for Slow Cooker Pulled Pork is excellent on a bun topped with this homemade coleslaw. Leftovers are great as pulled pork tacos, pulled pork pizza, pulled pork nachos, quesadillas, stuffed mushrooms, and more.
Storage
Store any leftover pulled pork in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days and in the freezer up to 3 months.
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📖 Recipe
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Recipe
Equipment
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Ingredients
For the Dry Rub
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- ¾ tablespoon cayenne
For the Pork Roast
- 3 pound pork loin
- 1 cup cola
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ teaspoon liquid smoke
- ¾ tablespoon garlic powder
Instructions
For The Dry Rub
- In a small mixing bowl add the salt, pepper, brown sugar, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Stir to thoroughly combine.
- Sprinkle the rub mixture all over the pork roast, pressing the rub into the pork. Cover the pork with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
For The Pork Roast
- Combine the coke zero, apple cider vinegar, worcestershire sauce, liquid smoke and garlic powder in a large crock pot. Place the pork in the crockpot and cover with the lid.
- Cook for 4 hours on the high setting or 8 hours on low setting. Turn the roast ovr in the crockpot halfway through cooking time.
- Remove the roast from the slow cooker and let stand for 10 minutes, or until cool enough to handle. Shred the pork with forks or tongs until in bite sized pieces.
- Serve as desired.
Brenda says
This pulled pork recipe calls for apple cider vinegar in the instructions but does not list it in the ingredients list. How much vinegar should I use?
Shelby Law Ruttan says
Hi Brenda, thank you for bringing that to my attention. It is 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar and I have updated the recipe card.
Olga says
It's hard to imagine someone not liking that sandwich! Glad he changed his mind 🙂
Ingrid says
Now THAT's a pulled pork sandwich!
I've made Teresa's recipe and it is the d'bomb good!
Terrific photo HoneyB!
~ingrid
Chef E says
Pulled pork and coleslaw, a total YUM in my books...my list of 'to make' is getting longer!
noble pig says
I love a wet sauce, I don't care if it's thick!
Katie's blog says
Looks yummy! We love BBQ