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🍔 Easy Weeknight Crockpot BBQ Pork Sammies (8–10 lb Roast)

This easy weeknight dinner starts with a big pork shoulder slow-cooked in root beer until melt-in-your-mouth tender, then completely drained and tossed with your favorite BBQ sauce for the juiciest, most flavorful pork sammies. They’re kid-approved, crowd-friendly, and a total lifesaver on busy nights. Just pile onto warm buns and top with hot pickles, horseradish, or hot sauce for the perfect sweet-meets-spicy bite!
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • Pork
  • 8 –10 lb pork shoulder or pork butt
  • 3 –3½ teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1½ –2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1½ –2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1½ –2 teaspoons onion powder
  • Liquid
  • 1 2-liter bottle of root beer
  • pour into crockpot until roast is almost fully covered
  • Finish
  • 2 –3 cups favorite BBQ sauce
  • To Serve
  • Slider or sandwich buns
  • Hot pickles
  • Horseradish
  • Hot sauce

Method
 

  1. Instructions
  2. Pat pork dry and season generously on all sides with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.
  3. Place roast in crockpot and pour root beer around it until it’s almost fully covered.
  4. Cover and cook 10–12 hours on LOW until the pork is fall-apart tender.
  5. Optional: Flip the roast halfway through and spoon some cooking liquid on top.
  6. Remove pork from crockpot and drain ALL liquid completely.
  7. Shred pork with two forks, removing large fat pieces.
  8. Transfer shredded pork to a large mixing bowl, add BBQ sauce, toss well, then return to crockpot on Warm.
  9. Serve with a slotted spoon on buns and top with hot pickles, horseradish or hot sauce.

Notes

  • Fully draining before adding BBQ sauce prevents soggy sandwiches.
  • Root beer adds sweetness; spicy toppings balance it beautifully.
  • This makes a large amount—great for leftovers and freezing.