Memphis-Style Pulled Pork
Memphis-style barbecue combines sweet, heat and savory. This recipe has both a rub and finishing sauce to make a great pulled pork sandwich.
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- Cooking:
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- Serves: 8 persons
Ingredients
- 1boneless pork butt (about 5 to 6 pounds/2.3 to 2.7 kilograms)
- For Memphis Rub:
- 2tablespoons/30 milliliters paprika
- 1tablespoon/15 milliliters salt
- 1tablespoon/15 milliliters onion powder
- 2teaspoons/10 milliliters black pepper (fresh ground)
- 1 ½teaspoons/7.5 milliliters cayenne
- For Finishing Sauce:
- 2cups/475 milliliters ketchup
- 2cups/475 milliliters onion (chopped)
- 1cup/240 milliliters red wine vinegar
- 2cloves garlic (minced)
- ¼cup/60 milliliters yellow mustard
- ¼cup/60 milliliters brown sugar
- ½teaspoon/2.5 milliliters Louisiana hot sauce
Instructions
Step 1
Gather the ingredients.Step 2
In a medium mixing bowl , combine rub ingredients into a paste. Coat pork shoulder with rub, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.Step 3
Preheat smoker and prepare for an 8-hour smoke. Make sure wood chips are soaked and drained before using them. Add charcoal and wood chips as necessary to keep the temperature low, or between 200 and 225 F/95 to 110 C. Smoke pork shoulder for about 8 hours or until internal temperatures reach 185 F/85 C.Step 4
Once the pork is cooked, remove from the smoker. Wrap tightly in foil and allow to sit for an hour. While pork is resting, prepare finishing sauce. Blend together everything except the ketchup.Step 5
Pour into a saucepan and add the ketchup. Simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.Step 6
Unwrap pork butt and shred. Combine pork with 1/3 of the table sauce. Keep warm and serve on white bread buns with remaining sauce on the side. Top with coleslaw .Step 7
Enjoy!