Keto slow cooker pulled pork
June 29, 2026 · 1 min read
Pulled pork is one of the best things to make on keto: a big, cheap pork shoulder, a dry spice rub, and a long unattended cook turn into days of high-protein meals. With a sugar-free rub and sauce it comes in around 3g net carbs a serving, and it's endlessly useful — wraps, bowls, eggs, salads.
The barbecue flavor lives in the rub and a sugar-free sauce at the end. Regular barbecue sauce is loaded with sugar, so that swap is the whole game.
Ingredients
- 4 lb pork shoulder (Boston butt)
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 1 tablespoon keto brown sweetener
- 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- Sugar-free barbecue sauce, to serve
Steps
- Mix the paprika, chili powder, garlic and onion powder, sweetener, salt, and pepper into a rub. Pat the pork dry and rub it all over.
- Set the pork in the slow cooker. Pour the broth and vinegar around it (not over the top, to keep the rub on).
- Cover and cook on low 8–10 hours, until the pork pulls apart easily with a fork.
- Lift the pork out, discard excess fat, and shred it with two forks. Spoon some of the cooking juices back over to keep it moist.
- Toss with sugar-free barbecue sauce and serve in lettuce wraps, over slaw, or in a bowl.
Notes and swaps
Pork shoulder (Boston butt) is the right cut — its fat keeps the meat moist through the long cook; a leaner cut will dry out. Most of the carbs in classic pulled pork come from sugary sauces and buns, so use a keto brown sweetener in the rub and a sugar-free barbecue sauce. Serve over coleslaw, in lettuce wraps, or piled on a chaffle. It freezes well in its juices.
Tell Copper Keto Companion "pulled pork with sugar-free barbecue sauce" and it works out the net carbs on your portion — no weighing, no database.