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[wismiss]

The pulled pork was a big hit at our family reunion.  I took about 5 lbs. of pork butt roast and covered it with Coca-Cola.  I put it in the slow cooker Friday night before going to bed.  I took it out Saturday afternoon, disposed of the fat and gristle and pulled it between two forks.  I then refrigerated it until Sunday morning.  I put it in the slow cooker (that I had cleaned, ha, ha) and put Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce on it until it was moist.  Then I cooked it until it was time to take it to the reunion.

I had a little left over, but someone else had also brought pulled pork (but Sweet Baby Ray's sauce looked a lot more appetising.

So, thanks for the ideas.  I have copied the others so I have them readily available for future reunions. 

[MickD]

@wismiss What a great success!  It is so rewarding when others devour our food!!  Love the recipe!

[Kachina624]

@wismiss  I just read that you can easily shred your cooked pork by attacking it with your electric mixer.  Put it in the bowl of your stand mixer or I suppose you could use a hand mixer. They say a mixer makes quick work of it.

[mustang66lady]

@wismiss

I'm so happy your reunion turned out so well and that your dish was successful!   Now you have a tried and true recipe that you can branch out on, if you desire!  Thanks for sharing your success with us!

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@wismiss wrote:

The pulled pork was a big hit at our family reunion.  I took about 5 lbs. of pork butt roast and covered it with Coca-Cola.  I put it in the slow cooker Friday night before going to bed.  I took it out Saturday afternoon, disposed of the fat and gristle and pulled it between two forks.  I then refrigerated it until Sunday morning.  I put it in the slow cooker (that I had cleaned, ha, ha) and put Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce on it until it was moist.  Then I cooked it until it was time to take it to the reunion.

I had a little left over, but someone else had also brought pulled pork (but Sweet Baby Ray's sauce looked a lot more appetising.

So, thanks for the ideas.  I have copied the others so I have them readily available for future reunions. 

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Did you originally consider using root beer instead of coke?

Maybe it was someone else.

If it was you, what made you change your mind?

[wismiss]

I also made a salad that had 12 ounces of Coca-Cola in it.  I am diabetic but did not want to cook with diet soda, so I used Coca-Cola for the pulled pork, also.  That way I didn't have to buy two different sodas.   And, I wasn't sure how much soda it would take to cover the pork roast.  I didn't want any soda with sugar leftover.