? about pulled pork in a crockpot

Dochas

Do you put all of the BBQ sauce in while it's cooking, or do you save some for after?  I have a simple recipe - just and onion, the loin and a bottle of sauce (planning to use Jack Daniels).  But some I see are more complicated and some say to add sauce after.

ps - what I like about the crockpot is it's simplicity.  I'm doing anything in the middle of the cooking time.  Isn't the whole point for the food to cook itself without intervention? lol

McAllie5

I don't have much experience with that, but I would personally save some sauce for after - if it's already made sauce. Just to put on top of the meat when you eat it.

If you're making your own sauce in the crock pot I would just take some from the pot when you're serving it and pour it on top of the meat.

I'm a sauce person. 

Dochas

Thank you !   My mouth is watering, I can't wait for Sunday!!!

 

happybride14

i just cooked a pork roast in the crock pot yesterday.  i usually just season the roast with garlic and onion powder, salt and pepper, cook on low for 5 hours.  then i shred the meat, add a little more salt and let cook for another hour.  i don't add barbeque sauce until afterwards, only because i use some of the meat for carnitas tacos or burritos.  

if i were only cooking it for barbeque sandwiches, then i would put the sauce in during the cook time, shred the meat and add a bit more.   

J&A2008

I'm with happybride.  Don't add the sauce until the meat is cooked!  It gets gross.

I rub the pork roast with dry mustard, garlic powder, and a little bit of ground cloves.  I cook the roast in the crock pot in beer, then let it cool a little on a cutting board, then shred and return to the crock pot until it's heated through again, about an hour on low.

happybride14

J&A2008:

I'm with happybride.  Don't add the sauce until the meat is cooked!  It gets gross.

I rub the pork roast with dry mustard, garlic powder, and a little bit of ground cloves.  I cook the roast in the crock pot in beer, then let it cool a little on a cutting board, then shred and return to the crock pot until it's heated through again, about an hour on low.

i just wanted to say that i wish i could change my username....happybride?  come on, couldn't i have thought of some thing else?!  Lol.   

sccalla

I cook the loin with onion and a can of rootbeer, and then I make a rootbeer BBQ sauce on the stove when the pork is just about finished.  I have never tried making it with a premade sauce, but I might be tempted to reserve at least some of the sauce for the end.

MesmrEwe

I don't add ANY sauce at all, just a little lowry's seasoned salt and that's it...  But if I was going to, I would do it after I had actually chopped the pork up when it's all done and just add it at the last second.  That way it's not as messy to "pull" and you can add to your tastes.