Smoked Pulled Pork. Monitor hickory chips and liquid, adding more wood and water, respectively, as needed. Smoking Pulled Pork is a Waiting Game For the first five hours of the cook don't open the lid on your smoker. I will check the level of my pellets (I use a Traeger), but otherwise, leave the smoker alone!
Add separated liquid back into pork and season to taste with additional Traeger Big Game Rub. Optionally, add Traeger 'Que BBQ Sauce or your favorite BBQ sauce to taste. If you prefer not to have a crispy outside, you can wrap the meat in heavy duty aluminum foil for the last three hours of cooking. You can cook Smoked Pulled Pork using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Smoked Pulled Pork
- Prepare of pork shoulder.
- You need of Brown sugar.
- Prepare of Pork sweet rub.
Remove from the heat and "pull" the meat. This means to separate the meat from any fat, gristle or bone, pulling the meat into strips suitable for sandwiches. You can also use a Pork Shoulder Roast (aka picnic roast) to make Smoked Pulled Pork as well. This cut of meat also comes from the pig's leg, but is located just below the pork butt.
Smoked Pulled Pork instructions
- Pat pork shoulder dry with paper towels.
- Mix brown sugar and rub together. Coat all sides of pork with mixture.
- Put pork in preheated pellet grill at 225. Smoke until internal temperature is 160 degrees..
- At 160 wrap pork in aluminum foil and smoke until internal temperature reaches 205 degrees..
- Let pork sit 1 hour at room temperature before pulling..
- While pulling disregard any fat. Personally I like to add BBQ sauce to pulled pork prior to serving. Serve on a brioche bun..
It has a little less marbled fat throughout the fibers, but when cooked low and slow, it also shreds easily. Plan For Enough Time Smoked pulled pork is generally very juicy and forgiving. If you are running short on time, it's okay to quickly nuke it in the microwave. Ideally, the pork is reheated in the oven. Smoked pulled pork can be used anywhere that ground beef is used such as on tacos, in burritos, on taco salad, on pizza, mixed with cream cheese as a dip, piled on top of baked potatoes, with eggs and potatoes for breakfast and almost anything else you can imagine.