Question for rookie doing pulled pork in crock pot

Let it go a few more hours on low, or until you can fork shred it easily. Did you start it on high? I really think it will be fine, as long as you're adding sauce. Do you have enough liquid in the pot?

is there a bone in it?

when you can pull it out with ease, its done. If you pull on it and it doesnt give, then let it cook some more. Even if its at the right temp

Yes I think there is a bone


So the temp should be ok even if its at 175 right now? I keep hearing its pretty hard to screw up pulled pork or overcook it. Hope that's true

All sorts of things factor into it, especially if it was refrigerator cold when the crock pot was turned on. Searing or browning in a cast iron first not only adds a tremendous amount of flavor, but also speeds up the cooking time in the pot. For instance, a roast that was left out, brought to room temperature, seared and then placed in the crock pot will take hours less on low than a cold hunk of meat. Sorry if that sounds obvious.

You want it at 195 internal temp.

Anytime I've made it in my crock pot I've put it on the "low" setting which is 8 or 10 hrs then it switches to warm. When that setting is complete it's always been done.