Rootbeer pulled pork

This week, for my Crock-Pot Genius Hour project, I chose to make a Root beer pulled pork. As always, I found this recipe through Pinterest. Pulled pork is actually one of my favourite foods, so I had some very high hopes for this dish. The recipe seemed simple enough: pork shoulder, my favourite BBQ sauce, and a can of root beer. Going shopping for the items actually proved harder than I thought. Pork shoulder is kind of hidden in the grocery store, so it took me a while to find it and ensure that this is actually what I was suppose to use ( even as I was cooking I wasn't 100% sure that I bought the right thing). 

As I got to setting out all of my ingredients, I realized that the pork had some sort of  netting around it.  The recipe did not warn me about any netting. Do I leave it on? Do I cut it off?  This was a solid 5 minute debate between my roommate and I before we finally found an article on Google that suggested to take the netting off.  What would we do without Google?   From there I put the ingredients together and also added an Applewood smooked spice that I rubbed on the pork before putting it in the Crock-Pot, just to add a little more flavor. 

Ready for 4-6 hours of cooking!

Now, I decided to start this process at 5pm on a Tuesday.  Why I thought this would be a smart decision when I had ALL of Wednesday off is beyond me.  I followed the instructions in the recipe and put the pork on low to cook for 4-6 hours. If I have learned one thing from my two Crock-Pot meals so far, its that when it comes to food I have a very miniscule amount of patience. No patience is probably more accurate.

After about 3 hours, I decided to turn the temperature up to high. I have zero patience apparently, especially when I am just sitting around waiting for it to be done.  By about 10:45 pm the pork was FINALLY ready!  I was able to start pulling it apart.  Just a note to anyone who may be making pulled pork, the pulling part is actually quite hard! It was a great arm workout.  Once the pork was pulled apart I added my favourite BBQ sauce and left it in the fridge for the next day. Although, I managed to do quit a few taste tests as well.

The next day all of my room mates were home so that we could complete a math video assignment. This turned out to be a perfect time to have a big lunch together, and get them to try my pulled pork.  It ended up being a hit!  I would for sure make this recipe again, it was super easy. I think that I would start it in the morning, as oppose to at night, that way it can cook when I am at school and it will be ready when I get home.

Tune in for next week as I attempt to make slow cooker stuffed peppers!