North Carolina Eastern-Style Pulled-Pork Barbecue
Enough soaked (in water!) hickory chips to replenish a smoker box over 8 hours
6 to 10 lb. pork shoulder
Fill a smoker box or aluminum pan with wood chips. Heat the grill till the chips begin to smoke. If it's a gas grill, turn the heat to "low." Roast the shoulder at this low heat, replenishing the wood chips as they burn up, until the meat is falling off the bone.
Cool the roast until you are able to pull the meat from the bone. Chop the larger pieces with a cleaver or other sharp knife.
Serve on a sandwich bun with a NC-style barbecue "sauce":
- 1 cup plain vinegar
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 drops of lemon juice
(Courtesy of http://hkentcraig.com/BBQrecipes1.html)
Traditional side dishes include hush puppies, greens (collard, kale, mustard), green beans, coleslaw, and Brunswick stew (recipes for hush puppies and Brunswick stew on the same web page listed above).