The Best Carolina Pulled Pork Recipe | Vinegar BBQ Sauce Recipe | Dry Rub Recipe

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: pork tenderloin

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Pork tenderloin is leaner, while chicken thighs offer a budget-friendly protein.

bbq sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup + vinegar

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and preservatives.

Mix together the dry rub ingredients: sweet paprika, light brown sugar, kosher salt, ground black pepper, white pepper, ground red pepper, ground mustard powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and sugar.

Rub the dry rub all over the pork butt, covering all sides.

Preheat the Yoda smoker and prepare it for cooking with lumberjack supreme blend pellets.

Place the pork butt in the smoker with the fat cap up and a pan underneath to catch drippings.

After one hour, add water to the pan to maintain moisture.

Prepare the mop sauce by mixing apple cider vinegar, kosher salt, crushed red pepper, ground white pepper, ground red pepper, ground black pepper, and light brown sugar in a mason jar and shake it up.

Every hour, baste the pork with the mop sauce to add flavor and moisture.

After about four hours, check the internal temperature of the pork and wrap it in aluminum foil when it reaches 166°F to push through the stall.

Prepare the Carolina red slaw by mixing chopped cabbage with the kicking pig dip, muddy water, ketchup, white sugar, and black pepper.

Assemble sliders with pulled pork, vinegar sauce, and red slaw on slider buns.

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