Hey y'all, sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I have a couple of recipes to share now! I don't have the best pictures for this one, but it is really easy!
What you will need:
A shoulder butt roast (or rump roast) This 7+ pounder fed 10 with some left over, so just get the size you need. It freezes well, so you could do that if it makes a lot.
Some spices (Italian seasoning, light season salt, pepper, cumin, etc...)
A few shakes of Worcestershire sauce or soy sauce, if you have it
1/4 cup water
3/4 bottle of BBQ sauce (I used Sweet Baby Rays - Hickory) But you don't need this until after the meat is cooked.
What you will need to do:
1) Take the meat out of the plastic (gag! I hate messing with raw meat lol!)
2) Place in large crock pot. I ended up having to cut off a chunk and squish it in a small opening to get it all to fit. The lid needs to close completely. Add your seasonings, Worcestershire sauce/soy sauce, and water here.
3) Cook on high with lid on for 6 hours or on low for 8 hours. I cooked mine on high for 3 hours and had to leave, so I turned it on low for the next 5 hours and it came out fine.
4) It will cook down A LOT. When it's completely cooked (6-8 hours), remove from the pot into a large baking dish. It's best if this can sit in a dish (not crock pot) to cool for about an hour. The bone should be really easy to pull out with tongs. This is the nasty part, but fork around and pick out as much fat as you can. It will probably come off in big chunks. Keep the meat in pretty big pieces, so that when you mix in the BBQ sauce, it doesn't get too mushy. Sorry I don't' have a picture of this.
5) Once the fat is removed and you have several large chunks of meat, pour on BBQ sauce and fork around to mix it in. The meat should be so tender that it kind of just shreds itself as you mix in the sauce. I used 3/4 small bottle of Sweet Baby Rays and left the remainder out for people to add extra if they wanted. You can fix this the night before and heat it in the microwave or in the oven (with foil-so it doesn't dry out).
I don't have a great photo of the finished meat, but you can see it in this photo, in the white dish. Serve with buns and some southern sides! We made this for our Derby party in Phoenix and it was a hit! :)
