Instant Pot Pulled Pork

By Bill Hicks • Pork & Sausage

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Prep Time

min

Cook Time

min

Servings

8 servings

Difficulty

Created

Jun 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM

Last Updated

Jun 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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Ingredients

1 (4 lb) Pork shoulder
2 Tablespoons olive oil
Dry Rub
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 Teaspoons chili powder
1/2 Teaspoons black pepper
1 Teaspoon onion powder
1 Teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 Teaspoon cinnamon powder
1 Teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 Teaspoon cayenne pepper
Barbeque Sauce
1/2 (28 oz) Bottle Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce
1 1/2 Cups water

Instructions

Cut your pork shoulder into large pieces.
Make dry rub and rub it into all sides of the meat.
Set "Saut�" on your Instant Pot and add 2 tablespoons of oil, add meat and brown all sides. Once all pork has been browned, remove from the Instant Pot.
Mix 1 1/2 cup of water with 1/2 bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce, add mixture to Instant Pot and using a wooden spoon, deglaze bottom of pot.
Add pork back into Instant Pot, lock lid and set venting to "Sealing". Select the "Pressure Cook" setting and set to 60 minutes.
After 60 minutes of pressure cooking, carefully release pressure to "Venting".
Use forks or tongs to pull apart all pork.
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