Food & Drink | Pulled Pork Crockpot Recipes ? Southern Regions ...

You're sitting in a nice little family restaurant somewhere in the South. Voices raise just a tad from across the room. You can tell something is being hotly debated. Is it rival teams? Politics? Religion? No, nothing as mundane as that. We're talking about who's got the best pulled pork crockpot recipes in the South.

There seems to be no end to this debate. We have to consider a wide variety of recipes, including classics like Memphis style, Southern style, North Carolina style, and South Carolina style. You'll also hear from pulled pork aficionados in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida, just to name a few. It seems most Southern folks claim to have the original, official, and the very best recipes for these sandwiches in the South, if not the world.

What I've found is that no one agrees on which pulled pork recipe officially belongs to which region. There are literally hundreds if not thousands of these recipes that can belong to any region in the South. For as many variations of sauce and dry rubs you can find, there are that many and more variations of methods for cooking and serving pulled pork sandwiches.

I won't attempt to figure out which ingredients for sauces and dry rubs definitely belong to which region. Nor will I try to firmly establish which cooking method belongs to which region. What I will do is lay out a few common methods for cooking and serving this popular sandwich, and suggest where these methods are most typically found. If a method sounds like your hometown original, it probably is... just like it might be someone else's! In other words, the debate lives on. Let's look at some of the ingredients and cooking methods that make a pulled pork sandwich what it is:

Vinegar - You may use white vinegar, apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, or any of a wide variety of vinegars available. The idea in using vinegar, no matter what kind, is the same. Sauce for pulled pork is typically a sweet and sour combination. Many recipes claim to be official Memphis style pulled pork specifically because they use vinegar in their sauce. However, just about any pulled pork sandwich that has homemade barbecue sauce will have vinegar as an ingredient, regardless of the region.

Brown Sugar - Both barbecue sauces and dry rubs may contain brown sugar which gives the sweet flavor to the whole sweet-and-sour balance that a pulled pork sandwich should have. A simple concoction of brown sugar, vinegar, and a pinch of any hot sauce or spicy seasoning is often found in barbecue places in Florida and Alabama. Whether this simple recipe originated in those states is something we'll never know. I can't say I've ever seen a pulled pork sandwich seasoned like this in Memphis, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist there.

Dry Rubs - Even though dry rubs have been around forever, and used in all regions of the country, a dry rub used for pulled pork sandwiches contains certain standard ingredients. You'll basically find cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, and paprika in a dry rub for pulled pork. Anything added after that is an individual cook's unique take on this basic recipe. Different regions of the country can lay claim to using only dry rubs, never liquid barbecue sauce, but this method is so widespread that it seems impossible to pin down the original creator. Then, of course, you can use both a dry rub and barbecue sauce, so it just gets more confusing.

Condiments - Barbecue sauce as a condiment is widely regarded as a standard in every region. Even when the pulled pork never gets a dose of barbecue sauce mixed in with it, there is usually a bottle on the table. You'll also usually find pepper vinegar, mustard, and even a little Tabasco in most regions. What you'll hopefully never find is ketchup on the table. That would not go over well in any region. One thing many of us believe is that adding cole slaw on top of a pulled pork sandwich is most decidedly a Memphis touch.

Cooking Methods - It's not easy to pin down a cooking method to any one state or region. Grilling, smoking, roasting, or braising are not uncommon to any region. But smoky pits or slow roasting would have been the preferred method by many of our settlers around the countryside, and now their ancestors may still use those exact same methods. It's still hard to prove any method belongs to any particular region. Even though Memphis is famous for their smoky grilling pits, you'll find those same pits all around the south. Of course, using your crockpot isn't an ancient method, so the origin of this method is obviously widespread.

As I searched the vast array of pulled pork crockpot recipes in cookbooks and the Internet, I got more and more confused. I guess I would say simply, if your Granddaddy or Grandmama have been making the same recipe for pulled pork sandwiches since you can remember, then that recipe belongs to your family and to your region. Go ahead and stake your claim and enjoy this great Southern classic.

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