Eastern NC style BBQ is flavored with vinegar and red pepper. This recipe uses a crockpot and smoker. Before you label me a heretic for using the crockpot, try it!
Incredients – 3 to 4 pounds of de-boned, trimmed pork butt
1 tsp hot sauce of choice
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 cup vinegar
Mince onion, and mix remaining ingredients in a bowl. Place the pork in the crockpot, add onion and ingredients and barely cover the meat with vinegar. Cook on low for 8 hours. Remove the meat and discard the liquid. Pull the meat apart with 2 forks. Place the meat on a baking sheet. Put in the smoker at low temp (less than 180 F) for 30 minutes, stirring every 5 to 10 minutes.
Sauce – in a small pan, heat 1/3 cup vinegar, 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes, 1/4 tsp hot sauce (more if you like it hot!), 1/2 tsp brown sugar. Heat until mixed.
Toast a hamburger bun, put BBQ on it, add a thin layer of Cole slaw to the top of the meat and chow down!
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