Carolina Pulled Pork with Lexington Red Sauce

Ingredients

• Pork:
• ¼ cup water
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 8 hickory wood chunks (about 4 pounds)
• + 14 more ingredients
• • 2 tablespoons coarsely ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon canola oil
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 (5-pound) bone-in pork shoulder (Boston butt)
  • 2 ¼ cups water, divided
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Cooking spray
  • Sauce:
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground red pepper
  • ¹/₃ cup ketchup
  • 2 tablespoons paprika

To prepare pork, soak wood chunks in water about 16 hours; drain. Combine turbinado sugar and next 4 ingredients (through ground red pepper); reserve 2 tablespoons sugar mixture. Rub half of the remaining sugar mixture onto pork. Place in a large zip-top plastic bag; seal and refrigerate pork ove...

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