Crockpot butt question

[DavidD]

I will be at a condo for the 4th and can't smoke anything, bummer. However, the other day, i walked into a diner and the smell of barbque was in the air. I asked the chef and he said he cooks it in a crock pot, not smoke, just bbq sause. While not nearly as good as what i've made on the weber, it was decent. Partially, i thought his sweet and spicy sause was good so that helped.

anyway, i've never cooked a butt in a crock pot so thought i'd ask if any of you have had success and can offer tips. He only cooks his for a few hours so it had a bit too much "chew". Should I get a 7 lb butt and put it on low for 10 hrs with a meat probe? Add liquids? While not preferred, i'd love to be able to have que over the 4th.

 

[timothy]

No type of grill at all to brown it first and add alittle smoke?
If not just use the indoor appliance with a CI pan to brown it. There are some ready made store bought spices made just for PP on the crock-pot, but I never tried them. Do a Google search for "Crock-pot Pulled Pork" and you should find one that's decent. I remember one from BH&G that I used before and it was good. It had green peppers and onions as a bottom layer.
HTH

Tim

 

[Jeff R]

If if were me, instead of the crock pot, I would do low and slow in the oven just like you would in your smoker. Rub it up good, put on a rack in a pan and go 260* until tender. Only thing you'll miss is the smoke.

I had planned on doing a marinated butt for cuban sandwiches on the smoker with no smoke wood. I knew I would only get a hint of smoke flavor from the charcoal and that is what I wanted. Will we had killer storms that day, so in the oven it went. So good, next time I plan that for cuban's, it will probaly be in the oven.

 

[Tony C.]

back in the day I used to do them low and slow in the oven as mentioned but every hour I would spray with an apple juice,cider vinegar,liquid smoke mixture. They turned out okay. not great, but okay

 

[Clint]

crockpot is going to be fatty/greasy. I suppose you could drain it in a colander & re-sauce, or you could do it on a rack in the oven.

I had pulled pork out of a crockpot @ my cousin's house a little over a year ago, it really was pretty good.

 

[Dave Russell]

Wrong forum, I do believe.