There are some meals that are just made for the crock pot, and pulled pork is definitely one of them. It’s easy, filling, makes plenty of food, and—maybe best of all—it reheats beautifully.

Today I made ours ahead because we’re heading to the North Georgia mountains for a cabin getaway. After a day of traveling, the last thing I want to do is spend the evening cooking dinner. This pulled pork will be waiting for us in the refrigerator. All we have to do is heat it up, grab some buns, and BBQ sandwiches are a win!

And like most of my recipes, there are plenty of ways to switch this one up depending on what you have in the kitchen.

Fancy Nancy’s Easy Crock Pot Pulled Pork

What you need:

• 2 pork loins
• 1–2 cups beef or chicken stock
• Brown Sugar Bourbon seasoning, or your favorite pork/BBQ seasoning
• Your favorite barbecue sauce — I used Sweet Baby Ray’s
• A little butter
• A little brown sugar
• Optional: apple juice or bourbon
• Buns for serving

You can use plain pork loins or pork loins that are already seasoned. Today mine were apple bacon BBQ flavored, which worked really well with the Brown Sugar Bourbon seasoning.

Step 1: Into the Crock Pot

Place both pork loins in your crock pot.

Add about 1–2 cups of liquid. I normally use either chicken stock or beef stock. Today I used beef stock along with Brown Sugar Bourbon seasoning.

Season the pork to your taste, cover the crock pot, and cook it on LOW for approximately 4–6 hours, or until the pork is fully cooked and tender enough to shred easily.

💕 Fancy Nancy Tip: Change Up the Flavor

Instead of using only broth or stock, replace about ½ cup of your cooking liquid with apple juice or bourbon.

Apple juice gives the pork a slightly sweet flavor, while bourbon adds a deeper, richer flavor. It’s an easy way to make the same basic recipe taste a little different each time you make it.

Step 2: Shred That Pork!

Once the pork is tender, remove it from the crock pot and shred it.

I use my meat shredder for this because it makes this step SO much faster than standing there pulling apart two pork loins with forks.

My meat shredder: https://amzn.to/4xA2rgw

For a big batch like this, it’s one of those little kitchen gadgets that saves me time—and I’m all about making things easier!

Step 3: Turn It Into BBQ Pulled Pork

Drain the cooking liquid from the crock pot and return the shredded pork to it.

Now comes the good part.

Add your favorite barbecue sauce and mix everything together. I also add:

• A little butter
• A little brown sugar
• An optional 1–3 ounces of apple juice or bourbon

There really isn’t an exact science to this part. Add enough barbecue sauce to get the consistency and flavor your family likes.

Mix everything together, cover, and cook on LOW for another 30 minutes. This gives the pork time to soak up all that BBQ flavor.

When it’s ready, serve immediately or turn the crock pot to KEEP WARM until dinner.

What to Serve With Pulled Pork

Two of my favorite sides are mac and cheese and coleslaw. Add some buns and you have an easy BBQ dinner without spending the entire day in the kitchen.

You can also serve the pork without a bun, put the coleslaw right on top of the sandwich, or make pulled-pork sliders if you’re feeding a crowd.

Perfect Make-Ahead Vacation Food

This is exactly why I made pulled pork today.

We’re heading to the North Georgia mountains for a cabin getaway, so I made everything ahead of time and packed the finished pulled pork into containers.

When we arrive at the cabin after our drive, there’s no worrying about what we’re going to cook for dinner. We’ll put some pulled pork in the microwave, heat it up, pile it onto buns and dinner is done.

BBQ sandwiches after a travel day? That’s a win in my book.

And because pulled pork reheats so well, this would also be great to make ahead for busy workdays, weekend trips, game days, parties or anytime you want dinner waiting for you instead of the other way around.

💕 One Last Fancy Nancy Tip

Don’t be afraid to play with this recipe.

Use plain pork or preseasoned pork. Try chicken stock one time and beef stock the next. Add apple juice when you want something a little sweeter or bourbon when you want a richer flavor. Change the BBQ sauce. Change the seasoning.

That’s one of my favorite things about crock-pot cooking—you can start with the same basic recipe and make it your own.

Enjoy! 💕 — Fancy Nancy

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