OK, so my wife absolutely is obsessed with baked potatoes and pulled pork so we created the Best Pulled Pork Baked Potato Recipe! Honestly, the mix of flavors from a deliciously savored and salty potato mixed with some pulled pork truly makes a fulfilling meal! This recipe requires a smoker to make some killer pulled pork in order to make this a meal/side to remember. Of course, we need to thank and give a shout-out to Lee’s Marketplace who sponsored this post and provided the amazing ingredients for this recipe!

The Best Pulled Pork Baked Potato Recipe

If you want a combination of savory and salty. This is the optimal side / meal

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Prep Time 5

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Equipment

Smoker
Oven – Optional

Ingredients

1 6-9 lb Bone in Pork Shoulder
1 Unit Traeger Pork and Poultry Seasoning
2 Cups Apple Cider Vinegar
BBQ Sauce
Sour Cream Optional
Potato
Salt and Pepper
Apple Wood Peller / Apple Wood

Instructions

Pulled Pork

Preheat smoker to 250° (15-20 minutes)
Liberally apply rub to Pork
Stick pork in smoker and let it smoke until the internal temperature of the pork is 160°
Once the pork hits 160°, pull the pork out and wrap it in 4 layers of tin foil and seal the seams of tin best as possible. You will pour 2 cups of apple cider vinegar into this. Once this is done, put the meat back into the smoker.
Once the meat reaches 204° internally, pull the meat out with tin foil still on. Wrap it in a towel and put it in a cooler for 1-2 hours⅗.
Preheat oven to 425°

Baked Potato

While pulled pork cools in cooler, wrap a potato in tin foil and stick it in the oven at 425° for 1-2 hour until the potato is tender.

Last Steps

Pour out juices from the tin and unwrap the pork. The meat should be so tender, it should shred with little to no resistence. Rip the pork to small pieces
Pull out baked potato, cut a line down the middle, and add your favorite toppings plus the pulled pork and BOOM you got yourself an amazing treat!

Keyword baked potato, pulled pork

The Best Pulled Pork Baked Potato Recipe

Make sure to try out this recipe and let me know what you think. This is one of my wife and I’s most absolute favorite recipes. It’s a fun way to get innovative, yet enjoy something super delicious! What is your favorite way to prepare a potato? Let me know in the comments!

The Best Pulled Pork Baked Potato Recipe