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RULE #1: One pound of cooked pulled pork is enough to feed three people. So try to work go by serving one-third of a pound per head. RULE #2: Raw pork usually results in half of its weight in cooked pulled pork. So for every one pound of raw pork, expect about half a pound of resulting pulled pork.

4.2 pounds

about 5 ounces

40 lbs

about 25lbs

Looking at a local spot that does pulled pork sandwiches, they charge by the person sort of. So, for 25-50 people it is $12/ea. Figure that being a 1/4-1/3 pound of meat, you’re looking at 3-4 sandwiches per pound. $10/serving at a minimum of 25 servings.

Why we love this. Straight from the Piney Woods of Texas, this pulled pork is cooked low and slow in a pit of hardwood smoke to give it mouthwatering tenderness and flavor.

As for purchasing pulled pork already spiced and prepped at a restaurant, caterer or butcher can cost anywhere from $7 to $15 per pound.

For pulled pork, the standard rule of thumb is one-third to one-half pound of meat per person. When cooked and shredded, a bone-in pork shoulder will lose around 40 percent of its weight. For example, a raw 10-pound pork shoulder (or two 5-pounders) will yield about 6 pounds of finished meat, serving 12 to 18 people.

If your meat is frozen, defrost it for 24 hours before reheating it in the crockpot. Set your crockpot to low heat or keep warm setting and add the meat to the pot. Add a splash of your favourite liquid, but don’t add too much, as crockpots do an excellent job of retaining moisture.

Preheat oven to 350° F. Heat BBQ tray according to package instructions. Alternatively, place thawed product in slow cooker and heat on high for 3-4 hours. Spoon BBQ onto rolls and serve warm.

If you’re looking for an easy weeknight protein, precooked pulled pork is a quick-and-easy base for sandwiches, sliders and the like. Just heat and serve with your choice of breads and condiments. Trader Joe’s ($4.99 for 16 ounces), with its “sweet, smoky and spicy” “shredded” pork.

Jack Daniel’s® Pulled Pork. This product is seasoned & fully cooked and made with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey BBQ sauce. It is U.S. inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture. This product is rubbed using the freshest finest quality spice.

The Best Barbecue Sauces, Ranked

• 7 King’s Hawaiian Original Sweet Pineapple BBQ Sauce. Courtesy of King’s Hawaiian.
• 6 Bone Suckin’ Sauce.
• 5 King’s Hawaiian Smoked Bacon BBQ Sauce.
• 4 Kraft Hickory Smoke Barbecue Sauce.
• 3 Bulls-Eye Original BBQ Sauce.
• 2 Stubb’s Original Bar-B-Q Sauce.
• 1 Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce.

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McD’s makes thier own brand of BBQ sauce. IF you ever see a McD’s bbq sauce pack that says something other then the McDonald’s restaraunt ordeal, then it is an individualy owned, and not corporate, McDonalds. At our McD’s we pass the BBQ sauce over the counter and our limit for EVERYONE is 4 packs.

Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce consistently tops lists as the best barbecue sauce. Amazon offers a three-pack that lets you try all of their most highly-rated flavors: Sweet ‘n Spicy, Hickory & Brown Sugar and Honey Barbecue.

Pork shoulder

Pork shoulder has a good amount of fat layer on the surface. Make sure to cut away most of the excess fat, leaving just a small amount for flavor. This will make it easier to remove the fat later when making the barbecue sauce.

Put the pork into the hot oven for about 40 minutes until well browned, then take out and turn down the heat to 125C. Turn the heat back up to 220 and cook the pork, uncovered, for 10 minutes to crisp up. Take out, cover with a tent of foil, and leave to rest for 30 minutes.

While chicken is lower in fat and calories, pulled pork is a better source of protein. A 3-ounce portion of the ready-made pulled chicken contains 5 grams of protein and 15 grams of carbohydrates, while the pulled pork contains 11 grams of protein and 15 grams of carbohydrates.

Pigs “cheweth not the cud” because they possess simple guts, unable to digest cellulose. They eat calorie-dense foods, not only nuts and grains but also less salubrious items such as carrion, human corpses and feces. Pigs were unclean because they ate filth.

Pork is a high-protein food and contains varying amounts of fat. A 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving of cooked, ground pork provides the following nutrients ( 1 ):

What makes this pulled pork healthy? Low fat – Traditionally pulled pork is made with pork shoulder or pork butt which is higher in fat.

Pork is classified a red meat because it contains more myoglobin than chicken or fish. When fresh pork is cooked, it becomes lighter in color, but it is still a red meat. Pork is classed as “livestock” along with veal, lamb, and beef. All livestock are considered red meat.

Poultry and fish, both of which are considered white meat, have significantly less myoglobin than red meat. Pork is still classified as red meat, even though when you cook it, it sometimes becomes lighter in color. Pork also falls into the livestock category, which includes lamb, veal and beef.

This cut of meat has both the dark meat from the shoulder and light meat from the loin; it’s cut from the sirloin or rib end of the pork tenderloin.