Boston Butt in the Crockpot

This is by far simplicity at its ultimate best.   I don’t think it can be messed up, it cooks itself and it is something everyone in my family eats.  All five of us. 

Pictured is a very large, purchased on sale, pork butt roast.  Place the nekkid butt in your crock pot.  I seasoned with garlic salt, paprika, black pepper and a little olive oil.  However, you choose the seasonings that your family prefers.  They don’t like garlic, leave it out.  Try sea salt instead.

I then poured some BBQ sauce I had in the fridge over the top.  This also got me reading the label (yuck) and looking for recipes for homemade BBQ sauce.  I’ll follow up with a recipe for that later.  Naturally it will be a sweet tangy southern style sauce.

Once seasoned, set your crock pot on high and cover.  It is an Aunt Jo thing.  But really, covering the crock pot with a clean kitchen towel helps keep the heat in.  This was a fairly large roast and I originally set it to cook for 4 hours.  It was not quite fork tender and the bone had not completely pulled away from the meat.  So it cooked for about another two hours.  I then left it on warm until the girls got home for school.

We had pulled pork sandwiches and broccoli for dinner.  The original game plan was to have the rest at the lake.  Due to Godly intervention, we chose to spend the week of spring break at home.  So the rest of the meat made a quick and easy dinner and allowed me and Mimi to watch some excellent NCAA Women’s basketball game.

This is easy to put on before leaving for work.  Just cook on low and when you get home, an easy dinner is waiting.  It's also great on those busy weekends when that yard work leaves you too tired to cook.  And unless you are feeding a tremendous crowd, leftovers are great with a baked potato!

Of course, it would have been much better with some Uncle Malcolm ribs.  He was the original BBQ king in our family and he will be missed by all.