Lexington Pulled Pork Rub Recipes

LEXINGTON-STYLE PULLED PORK FOR SLOW COOKER RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Combine spice rub ingredients in a small bowl. Massage entire roast with spice mixture. (Roast maybe wrapped tightly and refrigerated for up to one day. Heat 2 tsp. vegetable oil in slow cooker insert (or in a large skillet if your insert cannot go on the stove top). Add pork, turning to brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Remove pork to a plate; whisk 3/4 cup water into drippings. If using a skillet transfer the liquid to slow cooker. Whisk together Cooking Liquid for Slow Cooker (vinegar, tomato paste, brown sugar and water). Add to slow cooker, then add pork, cover and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours. Remove the pork and transfer to a cutting board. Cover with aluminum foil and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Pull pork apart or roughly chop and put into a shallow baking dish. Mix in 1/2 cup Lexington BBQ sauce. Add several ladles of the cooking liquid and salt to taste. Cover with foil and put into a 275 degree oven for about an hour or until it is very tender. Serve remaining BBQ Sauce at the table.

NORTH CAROLINA-STYLE PULLED PORK

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix mild paprika, light brown sugar, hot paprika, celery salt, garlic salt, dry mustard, ground black pepper, onion powder, and salt. Rub spice mixture into the roast on all sides. Wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate 8 hours, or overnight.
• Prepare a grill for indirect heat.
• Sprinkle a handful of soaked wood over coals, or place in the smoker box of a gas grill. Place pork butt roast on the grate over a drip pan. Cover grill, and cook pork until pork is tender and shreds easily, about 6 hours. Check hourly, adding fresh coals and hickory chips as necessary to maintain heat and smoke.
• Remove pork from heat and place on a cutting board. Allow the meat to cool approximately 15 minutes, then shred into bite-sized pieces using two forks. This requires patience.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together cider vinegar, water, ketchup, brown sugar, salt, red pepper flakes, black pepper, and white pepper. Continue whisking until brown sugar and salt have dissolved. Place shredded pork and vinegar sauce in a large roasting pan, and stir to coat pork. Serve immediately, or cover and keep warm on the grill for up to one hour until serving.

LEXINGTON-STYLE PULLED PORK

Steps:

• Combine paprika, pepper, brown sugar and salt in a small bowl, working out any clumps in the sugar with your fingers. Spread dry rub all over pork and rub in well. Allow to rest 15 minutes to 24 hours.
• Prepare charcoal grill for indirect heat (place all the coals on one side). Soak 4 cups of wood chips in water for 15-30 minutes. Place the chips on the coals. Heat the top grill with the lid on for 5 minutes. Place the pork on the top grate on the side away from the coals. Open the top air vents fully, and position them over the meat. Open the bottom air vents half- to fully-open, depending on the weather (more closed on a windy day). Leave undisturbed 2 hours.
• Transfer pork to a disposable aluminum roasting pan. Wrap with a double layer of aluminum foil. Place in a preheated 325°F oven for 2-3 hours longer, until fork-tender. Let rest covered for 30 minutes.
• Remove the fat cap and set aside on a plate. Shred the meat into a bowl, discarding any large hunks of fat or gristle. Pull off the "bark" (the dark brown "skin") from the fat cap; discard the remaining fat.
• Whisk the sauce ingredients together in a bowl. Pour 1/2 cup over the pulled pork; serve the rest on the side.
• Serve between slices of white bread, with pickle slices.

PULLED PORK RUB

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, paprika, salt, pepper, cayenne pepper, and mustard powder in a bowl; mix until well combined.
• Use immediately on pork (see footnotes) or store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for several months.

LEXINGTON PULLED PORK SHOULDER

Steps:

• Make the rub: add all the rub ingredients to a small bowl; stir to mix; set aside 1 ½ tablespoons of the rub for the Lexington Vinegar Sauce.
• Sprinkle remaining rub all over the pork, patting it onto the meat with your fingers.
• Set up grill for indirect grilling; for gas grill, place all of the wood chips in the smoker box; run the grill on high until you see smoke, then decrease heat to medium-low.
• When ready to cook, place the pork, skin side up, in the center of the hot grate, over the drip pan and away from the heat; cover the grill.
• Cook the pork until darkly browned on the outside and very tender inside, 4-6 hours (instant read thermometer should read 195°; if the pork starts to brown too much (and it probably will), cover it loosely with foil, but remember that those browned bits are good, too.
• Make the sauce: add sauce ingredients plus 1 ½ tablespoon reserved rub to a large nonreactive bowl along with ½ cup water.
• Whisk until the sugar and salt dissolve; store in refrigerator until ready to use; bring to room temperature before using.
• Make the slaw: Remove core from the cabbage and discard.
• Cut cabbage into 8 chunks; finely chop cabbage in a food processor using the metal blade and pulsing the motor; work in several batches so you don't overcrowd the processor bowl.
• Transfer cabbage to a large bowl; stir in 2 ½ cups Lexington Vinegar Sauce; taste for seasoning, adding more vinegar sauce as necessary; can be made up to 4 hours ahead; store in the refrigerator covered.
• When pork is done, transfer to a cutting board, cover it loosely with foil; let rest for 20 minutes.
• Then pull the pork into large pieces, discarding any bones or lumps of fat.
• Using a fork, pull each piece of pork into thin shreds; transfer pulled pork to a large foil pan and stir in 1 to 1 ½ cups vinegar sauce-enough to keep the meat moist.
• To serve: mound the pulled pork onto hamburger buns; top with coleslaw and let everyone add more vinegar sauce to taste.

LEXINGTON BBQ CHOPPED PORK AND SLAW

Steps:

• Heat grill for indirect grilling: Light one side of grill, leaving other side unlit. Close lid; heat grill to 350ºF.
• Combine dry seasonings. Rub liquid smoke, then seasoning mixture evenly onto all sides of meat. Place in disposable 13x9-inch foil pan sprayed with cooking spray.
• Grill meat 3 hours or until very tender, turning meat a quarter turn every 30 min. Meanwhile, toss coleslaw blend with 1/4 cup barbecue sauce. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Remove pan from grill; let meat stand 5 min. Use 2 forks to pull meat into shreds. Add remaining barbecue sauce; mix lightly.
• Fill buns with meat mixture and coleslaw just before serving.