Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, smoked pulled pork shoulder. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Smoked Pulled Pork Shoulder is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Smoked Pulled Pork Shoulder is something which I have loved my whole life.

Just throw it on some white bread, sweet Hawaiian buns, in a taco, or even an omelette. Smoking a pork shoulder is a little more of an art than it is a science. I don't even know what it is about smoked pork, but golly is it delicious.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook smoked pulled pork shoulder using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Smoked Pulled Pork Shoulder:

1. Make ready 8-10 pound Pork shoulder with good fat rind
2. Prepare 2-4 quarts apple cider
3. Take 4 tbsp brown sugar
4. Make ready 4 tbsp white sugar
5. Make ready 2 tbsp kosher salt
6. Prepare 2 tbsp cracked black pepper
7. Get 4 tbsp paprika
8. Make ready 2 tbsp garlic powder
9. Prepare 4 tbsp crushed red pepper
10. Make ready Hickory smoking chips
11. Take 1 whole onion

Smoked pork shoulder makes great pulled pork. The pork shoulder is high in fat, too. For most cooks, lots of connective tissue and fat is a negative. That's why shoulder cuts are inexpensive.

Steps to make Smoked Pulled Pork Shoulder:

1. Cover pork shoulder with apple cider
2. Combine black pepper, salt, brown sugar, white sugar, garlic powder, red pepper and any other spices in a large bowl.
3. Add 1/4 cup of mixture to the cider covered shoulder. Reserve the rest.
4. Cover cider, shoulder, and 1/4 cup of mixture in refrigerator for 12 hours
5. Remove fron refrigerator. Add used apple cider in water bowl for smoker
6. Preheat smoker to 250F
7. While preheating, soak woodchips
8. Rub remaining mixture onto pork shoulder
9. Add shoulder to smoker. Add fresh woodchips at start, again at 30 minutes, and again at 60 minutes.
10. Smoke for up to 12 hours or when internal temperature reaches 190-195 degrees farenheit.
11. Pull out of smoker, let rest for 10 minutes. Pull apart.

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