Cooking a pork shoulder till it is silky and tender after which shredding it up for company is likely one of the greatest feed-a-crowd dishes we all know, and there are various methods to get it on the desk. Low-and-slow pork barbecue, served with a vinegary Jap North Carolina–type sauce and loads of slaw on heat, tender buns is likely one of the first issues that involves thoughts, however there are such a lot of different choices to contemplate. Lots of them should not almost as time-intensive, and most don’t require fidgeting with the vents on a smoker for a complete day.

We have gathered all of our favourite strategies collectively for this assortment: yard smoking marathons, slow-cooker wonders, braised and fried, slow-roasted, sous vide, you identify it. If it is pork and you’ll shred it, we have it right here—plus some nice concepts for what to do with leftovers. For many who want a refresher on what precisely they’re shredding, Elazar Sontag put collectively a pleasant explainer on the ins and outs of pork shoulder.