BBQ PORK SHOULDER

By LLINDQU295

BBQ Pork Shoulder

Ingredients

• Rub:
• 11-12 lbs of Pork shoulder (boneless)
• Apple Juice
• BBQ Sauce (Optional)
• 4 Cups Brown Sugar
• 1/4 Cup Salt
• 4 T black pepper
• 4 T garlic powder
• 1/4 cup of seasoning salt (I use Johnny's)
• 1/4 cup chili powder

Details

Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

Sprinkle the meat with water, rub the mixture aggressively and liberally into all surfaces of the butt. Save about 25% of mixture for later.

Place meat on sliced onions with additional sliced onions on top.

Cook in the oven in a deep pan at 225 degrees till internal temp of meat is 190 degrees (use a meat thermometer).

Drain off the greases every 2-3 hours.

About ¾ of the way through the cooking time, mix the remaining rub with apple juice and pour it on top.

Optional: add some BBQ sauce to the apple juice mixture when you pour it on, or add BBQ sauce to the top during the final 1-2 hrs of cooking time.

In the oven might take 8-9 hours to cook.

I do mine in a large crockpot. Cooking time is about 10 hours on high temp.

Remove meat from cooking container and gently separate with a couple forks. Most of the fat has cooked away and dissolved and the meat basically falls apart.
Its best served immediately, with BBQ sauce on the side. If you don’t serve immediately, you can keep the cooked meat moist with a little apple juice and reheat in the oven or microwave.