Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles

Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2001

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Cook Time:
7 hr 0 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
8 sandwiches

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 4 hr 30 min
Cook: 7 hr 0 min
Total:: 11 hr 50 min

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Ingredients

1 boneless pork butt, about 4 pounds
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons Essence, recipe follows
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon paprika
1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon cayenne
Wet Mop Basting Sauce, recipe follows
Barbecue Sauce, recipe follows
1 (16-ounce) jar thin sliced dill pickles
Brioche

Directions

Place the pork in a baking dish. In a bowl, combine the sugar, Essence, salt, cumin, paprika, pepper, and cayenne. Rub the seasoning evenly over the pork to coat. Cover with plastic and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.

Preheat an oven or smoker to 225 degrees F.

Bring the pork to room temperature and place in a roasting pan, fat side up. Slow cook in the oven, basting with the Wet Mop Basting Sauce every 45 minutes, until tender and the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees F. (The cooking should take about 6 to 7 hours.) Remove from the oven and let rest for 20 to 30 minutes.

With a knife and fork or two forks, pull the meat apart into small slices or chunks. Toss with the Barbecue Sauce, to taste, and divide among the hamburger buns. Top with the coleslaw. Serve with the pickles and additional Barbecue Sauce on the side.

Wet Mop Basting Sauce:

1 cup white vinegar

1 cup apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoon dark brown sugar

1 tablespoon red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon cracked black pepper

1 tablespoon salt

The night before you cook the pork, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and whisk well. Refrigerate and let the flavors blend overnight.

Yield: 2 1/4 cups

Barbecue Sauce:

1 cup apple cider vinegar

1 cup ketchup

3 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar

1 tablespoon yellow mustard

1 tablespoon molasses

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper

In a bowl, combine all the ingredients and whisk well to dissolve the sugar. Place in a squeeze bottle and dress the pulled pork sandwiches to taste.

Yield: about 2 cups

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recipe Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles
Bonnie Deerfield Beach, FL 11-01-2009
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Crock Pot and inexpensive meat
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I live in Florida and using th eoven for so long makes the house too hot. So I use the crockpot. It comes out tender and... flavorful. The BBQ sauce is amazing. I don't like mustard so I leave it out and its just fine. We love vinegar so we even add extra. My family and friends cannot get enough of it. My brother asked me at a family function "Where is you buy this pulled pork?" I told him I made it - you should have seen his face. Priceless!Read more
recipe Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles
Lori Frankenmuth, MI 10-27-2009
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Loved this recipe! Easy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We prepared this recipe for 400 people for a football banquet. We had 10 - 12 pound roasts and we cooked them 2 at a time in... roasters. Because I was concerned about the spiciness, I cut in half the cayenne and red pepper flakes and I also was concerned about the vinegar taste. So for the mopping sauce I substituted apple juice for the apple cider vinegar. We had to cook them longer because of the size, but when cooked through they fell apart! It was moist and flavorful. Everyone really enjoyed it. I also made variations of the barbeque sauce. I made the original recipe with a little less red pepper flakes and then I made a sweet version by adding more brown sugar, molasses and liquid smoke and then I made a spicier version by adding cayenne and red pepper flakes. (more than his recipe called for) They were equally used. Many people tried more than one version to see what they liked best. Also during cooking we only basted the meat one time. We just let em cook. After about 11 hours we started testing the meat for doneness. We were not slaves to the kitchen. We will definitely make this again.Read more
recipe Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles
Jeffrey Oakland, CA 10-06-2009
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Where's the "Essence"???
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Recipe looks good but it keep referring to the "essence" and says the recipe follows but I don't see it. ???
recipe Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles
Donna Knoxville, TN 09-26-2009
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We loved it
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband and I tended to this all day and in the end it was worth it. The sauce has a strong vinegar taste but it does go... well with the pork. We also mixed the homemade sauce with just a little KC Masterpiece Original and it was great. The combination togehter was just enough sweet and vinegrar. We will definitely make this again. Read more
recipe Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles
JOHN wheatley heights, NY 07-19-2009
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Very tender pork
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I used my own homemade sauce but followed the pork recipe. I took 6 hours to cook 2 23/4 boneless pork butts, I trimmed the... fat off the top and pulled through with two forks added my own sauce and reheated later in the day. It was the hit of own gathering.Read more
recipe Barbecued Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Homemade BBQ Sauce and Pickles
glen Blaine, WA 07-07-2009
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If you like the tast of ( vinegre this is for you) ( Not me)
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I made it for our 4 of july block party. The tast and of vineger was so strong it was over powering. out of the 30 people we... hade not one person would put the sauce on. The rub was good and thay liked the flaver of the meat.Read more