Using Coke, Dr Pepper & Root beer in crock pot ?

obgraham wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

Didn't mean to rain on anyone's "parade", just trying to be helpful.

You're discussing crockpot cooking in general. The topic here is one specific method, and it works very well, particularly for something like pulled pork, when you toss the cooking fluid and replace it with something else.

I'm all for pot roasts, marinades, and recipes that lead to tasty gravy makings. My favorite is apple juice/tomato sauce/onion/spices, then a cornstarch thickening at the end. But that's a whole different day's dinner!

Actually, for crock pot pulled pork, I wouldn't toss the leftover cooking liquid.

Instead I would pull the pork then mix back in some of the liquid..

The reason for this is it puts back moisture (don't care for dried out meat) AND it puts back in a lot of the roasted meat flavor.

Throwing out the liquid it was cooked in is like tossing out half the meat flavor.

That is why I myself would not use soda in the crock, but each to their own..

Personally I prefer pulled pork done on a smoker over a crock pot, just can't get that good smoke flavor from a crock.. I also use a aluminum pan in the smoker to catch all the good smoky pork flavored drippings. I add those drippings back into my pulled pork..

Have had a few friends that sampled my smoked pulled pork ask when am I going to do another PP smoke run every once and a while..

But that is a whole nuther thread :B