Slow Cooker Barbecue Pork Recipes

The crock pot is an essential kitchen appliance, and it's especially valuable for barbecue recipes. The low and slow cooking renders tough cuts of meat tender and succulent. It's also a convenient way to prepare a barbecue when it's impossible to grill outdoors. If you like the smoky flavor a genuine pit barbecue creates, add some liquid smoke to your slow cooker, or use a smoke flavored dry seasoning.

Serve tender shredded barbecue pork or ribs with your favorite sides. Coleslaw is essential, especially for sandwiches, and potato salads and pasta salads go well with barbecue. Gussied-up baked beans, pickles, corn-on-the-cob, and macaroni and cheese are fabulous side dishes as well.

Don't let the weather stop you from enjoying one of these recipes for barbecue pork for sandwiches, ribs, or roasts.

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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Barbecue

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The slow cooker turns a boneless pork roast and a few simple ingredients into melt-in-your-mouth shredded pork. Make this your go-to recipe for pulled pork.
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Sweet BBQ Crock Pot Ribs

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A simple combination of barbecue sauce, cola, and seasonings turn these pork baby back ribs into an amazing, finger-licking good meal.
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Slow Cooker Mexican Pulled Pork

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This pulled pork makes a fabulous tortilla or taco filling. Add some black beans or pinto beans to the mixture for delicious pork and bean burritos. The Mexican seasonings include chili powder, cumin, oregano, salsa, and cayenne pepper. Olé!
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Crock Pot Barbecued Country-Style Pork Ribs

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This recipe for meaty country-style pork ribs is a popular one, and one taste will tell you why. The pork turns out tender and juicy, and preparation is a breeze. What's better than that?

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South American Pulled Pork

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This South American-style pulled pork features Latin flavors. Serve the tender pork wrapped in tacos or sandwich buns, or serve it with hot cooked rice.
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Crock Pot Pork and Beans

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Pork chops and canned pork and beans get together in this easy slow cooker recipe. The ketchup and mustard make a barbecue-style sauce, but feel free to use bottled barbecue sauce instead.
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North Carolina-Style Pulled Pork

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This classic North Carolina-style pulled pork cooks "low and slow" with vinegar and crushed red pepper. Serve it with extra vinegar sauce and commercial barbecue sauce if you'd like.
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3-ingredient Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

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If you don't have the time or ingredients to make a homemade sauce or rub, consider this easy, 3-ingredient pulled pork recipe. All you need are onions, a pork shoulder roast, and some store-bought barbecue sauce.

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Slow Cooker Carolina Pulled Pork

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This slow cooker Carolina pulled pork is the next best thing to slow-smoked barbecue. The pork cooks with a vinegar sauce, and then it's finished with barbecue sauce.
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Easy Slow Cooker Pork Loin Barbecue

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A slow cooker barbecue pork doesn't always have to be pork shoulder or Boston butt, and this pork loin is a good example. Serve the pork sliced with potato salad and coleslaw.
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Barbecue Crock Pot Ribs

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A simple mixture of garlic, onions, barbecue sauce, and beer make up the sauce for these delicious baby back ribs.
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Slow Cooker Baby Back Ribs

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Liquid smoke is added to store-bought barbecue sauce to give these mouthwatering baby back ribs slow-smoked flavor. Or use a smoke-flavored barbecue sauce or dry seasoning mixture.

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Crock Pot Carnitas

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This Mexican-style pulled pork includes orange juice, lime juice, salsa, and spices. Serve the pork with tortillas and your favorite toppings.
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Slow Cooker Pork Chop and Potato Meal

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This crock pot combo is a full meal slow-cooked in foil packets. Pork chops are combined with homemade barbecue sauce mixture in one packet while the cheesy ranch potatoes cook in the second packet.
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Root Beer Pulled Pork

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Pork shoulder is simmered in root beer, onions, and spices for tender, succulent pulled pork. The root beer adds a hint of sweetness without overpowering the meat.
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Korean Pulled Pork

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The secret to this sweet and spicy Korean pulled pork is the Korean condiment, Gochujang. The pork shoulder is slow cooked to perfection with gochujang, rice vinegar, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Serve the pork on buns with slaw or kimchi.

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Crock Pot to Grill Ribs

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These succulent ribs start in the slow cooker and end up on the grill. The crock pot breaks them down to melt-in-your-mouth perfection while the grill adds that final crusty char.
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Crock Pot Pulled Pork and Beef Barbecue

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Pork and beef team up in this tender, juicy barbecue. Serve the meat shredded on split, toasted buns. Beef chuck and pork shoulder are the ideal cuts for the most tender and shreddable results.
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Slow Cooker Barbecue Pork Ribs

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A spicy rub and homemade sauce flavor these tender country-style ribs. Country-style ribs are a meaty alternative to baby back ribs.