Pulled pork is one of the most flavorful, tender, and juicy dishes that every meat lover will have heard of. If you’re interested in making your own pulled pork the first thing you’ll need to do is find the right cut of meat.
One of the very best cuts for pulling is pork shoulder, due to its fat content. While not being grisly the shoulders have enough fat to create a very tender and soft piece of meat. As the fat in this meat melts it almost self bastes the meat as it cooks, allowing the meat to remain juicy and moist even while it continues cooking. This is ideal for low and slow roasts that allow the meat to mingle and baste in its own fat for longer, moistening until it’s almost ready to fall apart on its own.
Cooking shoulder low and slowly over a long period is critical to ensure the proper texture, and the reward for your patience is well worth it. After the right amount of time pork shoulder can be very easily pulled using two forks and tastes amazing due to the fat that will have permeated the joint as it cooked.