Memphis-Style Pulled Bbq Pork

23 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs pork butt
  • RUB
  • 3 tablespoons garlic powder
  • 3 tablespoons paprika
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons ground sage
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Tennesee-Style BBQ Sauce
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons onion salt
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
  • Hickory or Oak Wood Chips

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix all rub ingredients.
  2. 2
    Sprinkle rub all over pork and rub into meat.
  3. 3
    Wrap in foil and refrigerate 3 hours to overnight.
  4. 4
    Smoke meat on smoker for 4 to 6 hrs (200-225 degrees check for doneness)(TIP: even after the meat reaches correct temperature you need to let it continue to cook for a few more hours at the 200-225 degree temperature this will produce a meat that can be PULLED: a stringy type of pull. if you can't smoke for that long just cover your meat in foil and put in the oven for a few hours to produce the stringy traditional pulled pork and the smoky flavor will still be present.).
  5. 5
    While pork is cooking mix all BBQ sauce ingredients in a sauce pan.
  6. 6
    Bring to a slight boil then simmer on low heat until meat is done.
  7. 7
    Remove meat from smoker and loosely cover with foil for 15 minute.
  8. 8
    Pull pork apart.
  9. 9
    Either put meat in sauce or spoon over meat to serve on your choice of buns.

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