Best Texas Pulled Pork Rub Recipes

SLOW COOKER TEXAS PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Pour the vegetable oil into the bottom of a slow cooker. Place the pork roast into the slow cooker; pour in the barbecue sauce, apple cider vinegar, and chicken broth. Stir in the brown sugar, yellow mustard, Worcestershire sauce, chili powder, onion, garlic, and thyme. Cover and cook on High until the roast shreds easily with a fork, 5 to 6 hours.
• Remove the roast from the slow cooker, and shred the meat using two forks. Return the shredded pork to the slow cooker, and stir the meat into the juices.
• Spread the inside of both halves of hamburger buns with butter. Toast the buns, butter side down, in a skillet over medium heat until golden brown. Spoon pork into the toasted buns.

PULLED PORK RUB

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and mustard powder in a bowl; mix until well combined.
• Use immediately on pork (see footnotes) or store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for several months.

TEXAS STYLE PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Remove pork butt from packaging, pat dry with a paper towel and trim of any excess fat.
• Rub a thin layer of mustard on all sides of the pork. This is used as a binder for the dry seasoning to adhere to.
• Mix equal parts of table salt and black pepper (about ¼ cup of each) and apply liberally to all surfaces of the pork butt.
• Transfer pork butt to your smoker grill, burning post oak wood around 275-300°. Lay the pork with the fat side toward your heat source.
• About once per hour, liberally spray the pork butt with a 50/50 mixture of apple cider vinegar and apple juice.
• Smoke for a total of about 6-7 hours until reaching an internal temperature of about 195°.
• Wrap the pork butt in heavy duty aluminum foil and allow to rest in a dry cooler for a minimum of 1 hour to allow the meat to retain the juices.
• After a sufficient amount of resting time, unwrap the pork and it should pull apart by hand with ease.