I also do pulled pork in the crockpot when the weather is too cold or I don't have time to fuss with the smoker. I use this recipe from Food Network, I used to just cook the pork with a can of root beer, some onions, salt and pepper, the girls loved it. Elery likes it spicier, so I use this now. Spicy Pulled Crockpot Pork 3 tablespoons light brown sugar 2 teaspoons hot paprika 1 teaspoon mustard powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 1 3-to-4-pound boneless pork shoulder, trimmed of excess fat 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar, plus more to taste 3 tablespoons tomato paste 6 potato buns Barbecue sauce and prepared coleslaw, for serving Directions Combine 1 tablespoon brown sugar, the paprika, mustard powder, cumin, 2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in a small bowl. Rub the spice mixture all over the pork. Heat the vegetable oil in a large skillet; add the pork and cook, turning, until browned on all sides, 5 minutes. Remove the pork and transfer to a plate; whisk 3/4 cup water into the drippings in the skillet. Transfer the liquid to a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker. Add the vinegar, tomato paste, the remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar and 2 cups water to the slow cooker and whisk to combine. Add the pork, cover and cook on low, 8 hours. Remove the pork and transfer to a cutting board. Strain the liquid into a saucepan, bring to a boil and cook until reduced by half, about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Roughly chop the pork and mix in a bowl with 1 cup of the reduced cooking liquid, and salt and vinegar to taste. Serve on buns with barbecue sauce and coleslaw. Have fun! Annie

Then may I suggest a Dutch Oven? Brown the meat in a little bit of fat...oil, bacon grease whatever. Brown slowly so all sides are nice and browned. add a chopped onion a clove or so of crushed garlic, about 1 1/2 cups liquid...either beef broth wine, beer veggie broth or a mixture of some of the above and scrape up the browned bits in the pan, cover and place in a 225 oven for 3 or 4 hours, depending on the size of the piuece of meat, add your potatoes after about 1 1/2 hours....and I like to add carrots too at that time. Thicken the gravy with a slurry of a little more broth/wine and flour and serve with the meat. Much better than cooking it to mush in a crock pot. Linda C

I do this in my oven in my cast iron dutch oven. Sometimes I put an unpeeled banana in with it. Slow Cooker Kalua Pig Makes 12-14 servings 5-6 pound pork butt roast 1 1/2 tablespoons Hawaiian sea salt (coarse sea salt) 1 1/2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring 1. Pierce the pork roast all over with the tip of a sharp knife. Place the roast in a large slow cooker and rub the salt all over the meat. Drizzle the liquid smoke over the meat. 2. Cover the slow cooker and cook on Low Heat for 16 to 20 hours, turning the roast over once half-way through the cooking time. Depending on how hot your low setting is on your slow cooker, you may or may not need the full 20 hours. When the meat easily shreds with a fork it is ready. 3. Remove the meat from the slow cooker and shred with two forks, adding drippings from the slow cooker as needed to moisten the meat. *Note: For this size of roast, you will need a 6-qt. slow cooker. If you have a smaller slow cooker, use a smaller roast and reduce the amount of the other ingredients accordingly.

For 4 pork chops with pockets. 1 cup cooked rice....a mix of wild and white is good, but I like cooked brown rice best or even arborio rice. Sautee 2 green onions, cut up with the tops in 2 T butter until soft. Remove from the heat and add 2 tsps chopped parsley the cup of cooked rice, 1 rounded T of dried cranberrys ( I chop them so they mix with the rice better). Mix a slurry of 1/4 cup chicken broth ( water will do if you don't have any broth handy, or even a dry white wine) and 1 T flour, mix with the rice onion stuff in the pan and cook a few minutes to thicken the flour so the mix will hold together. Remove from the heat, add salt and pepper to taste and stuff into 1 1/2 inch pork chops and bake at 375 for about 25 minutes. Linda c