Pulled Pork Barbeque

The great thing about Pulled Pork barbeque is that it has many personalities. The personalities depend on the regional recipe.

In my opinion all of the recipes are excellent and likability just depends on personal preference. I'm partial to North Carolina style (both east and west) sauce that is very vinegary.

Western North Carolina includes a tomato component (ketchup) while the eastern North Carolina style is mustard based but have pretty much the same components.

Those common components are apple cider vinegar, sugar, pepper flakes and maybe a little cayenne.

The recipe below was adapted from a Food Network channel recipe and it uses honey instead of molasses as a sweetner.

Western North Carolina Pulled Pork

Ingredients for the Sauce

• 3 cups of apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup of honey
• 1/3 cup of Ketchup
• 3/4 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons of red pepper flakes
• 1 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

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Directions

1. Follow the directions for cooking Pork Barbeque and when done put on your cooking gloves and proceed to pulled the pork apart into short strands of meat
2. Heat the sugar and vinegar in a sauce pan until the sugar dissolves. Take off the heat and stir in the rest of the ingredients.
3. Put the desired quantity of the pulled pork in a glass baking pan and pour the sauce over the meat.
4. Cover the pan with foil and heat for approximately 15 minutes. Remove and serve.



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Eastern North Carolina Pulled Pork

(recipe from BigOven.com site)

Rub Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons cumin
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 tablespoons black pepper
• 1 tablespoon cayenne
• 1/4 cup paprika

Sauce Ingredients

• 3 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
• 3 cups Water
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons salt
• 1/4 cup black pepper
• 1 tablespoon cayenne
• 3 tablespoons paprika
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 1 cup worcestershire sauce

Pork

6lb Pork Butt or Picnic

Directions

1. Mix all the ingredients for the rub together and store in an air tight jar
2. Sprinkle the rub on the pork butt and marinate over night
3. Follow direction for "Pork Barbeque" cooking for the meat
4. When the meat is done pull the meat apart with a fork into strips or chop, your preference
5. Pour the sauce over the meat and let it marinate for about 20 minutes
6. Serve the meat on buns or by itself but include some coleslaw (can't have pulled pork without slaw)
7. Enjoy!

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