Flavor Expedition Recipe

Easy Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork

September 24, 2026
Be the first to rate
There’s nothing quite like tender, juicy pulled pork that practically falls apart with a fork. This easy slow-cooked pulled pork recipe combines a flavorful pork butt with Mellow Dusk, a little oil, your choice of flavorful cooking liquid, and plenty of BBQ sauce for a delicious meal that’s perfect for feeding a crowd.
Easy Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork
Feeds 12
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Mellow Dusk seasoning bottle beside brown sugar and hickory chips with a Scovie Awards logo.
Featured Flavor

Mellow Dusk

The seasoning that brings the recipe together.

Shop This Flavor

Ingredients

  • 4 lb pork butt bone-in (or pork shoulder roast). 3 lb if boneless
  • 2 tablespoon Mellow Dusk
  • 2 tablespoon avocado oil or olive oil
  • ½ cup liquid chicken broth, beef broth, apple or pineapple juice
  • ½ cup+ BBQ sauce

Instructions

  1. Heat the Pot
    Preheat the Instant Pot to Sauté High and add 2 tablespoon of oil to the pot.

  2. Cut the Pork
    Cut the pork roast into 4 large pieces. If it's boneless pork that's really easy to get similar-sized hunks of meat. If you have bone-in pork roast you can do this one of two ways: either leave the bone attached to one of the large chunks of meat OR carefully cut the bone off of the meat.

  3. Season
    Sprinkle the pork with Mellow Dusk. Press the rub into the pork with clean hands to help make sure the seasoning stays on the pork butt and doesn't just fall to the bottom of the Instant Pot.

  4. Sear
    Sear the pork roast pieces on each side for 3-4 minutes until brown. It'll be a snug fit in the pot, but all pork pieces will fit. Do not peek at the pork until you're ready to flip it over, you won't want to keep it from browning to a nice crisp. And be sure not to fry it on each side for too long, otherwise, the pork rub will start to burn.

  5. Deglaze
    You'll need to deglaze the pot to avoid getting the burn signal during cooking. Press the Cancel button to stop the pot from cooking before you deglaze. To do this, remove the pork pieces and set them aside on a plate. Add ½ cup of liquid like chicken broth, beef broth, apple juice, or pineapple juice, and scrape up the brown bits on the bottom of the pot.

  6. Add the BBQ Sauce
    Add the pork back to the Instant Pot and pour ½ cup+ of BBQ sauce over the top.

  7. Pressure Cook
    Turn the pot to Manual High for 60 minutes. Do a Natural release for 10 minutes before doing a quick release of the remaining pressure in the pot. Once the pin drops, you can open your lid.

  8. Shred & Serve
    Let the pork cool down for 5-10 minutes before shredding it with forks, meat claws, or a mixer. Enjoy! Serve as a sandwich with a side of coleslaw, as sliders, or on lettuce wraps.

Watch It Come Together

Like This? Leave a Comment.

Tried it, tweaked it, or made it disappear in one sitting? Tell us how it went.

Rate This Recipe

Easy Pressure Cooker Pulled Pork

September 24, 2026

Featured Flavor Mellow Dusk
Feeds12
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
There’s nothing quite like tender, juicy pulled pork that practical...

Ingredients

  • 4 lb pork butt bone-in (or pork shoulder roast). 3 lb if boneless
  • 2 tablespoon Mellow Dusk
  • 2 tablespoon avocado oil or olive oil
  • ½ cup liquid chicken broth, beef broth, apple or pineapple juice
  • ½ cup+ BBQ sauce

Instructions

  1. Heat the Pot
    Preheat the Instant Pot to Sauté High and add 2 tablespoon of oil to the pot.

  2. Cut the Pork
    Cut the pork roast into 4 large pieces. If it's boneless pork that's really easy to get similar-sized hunks of meat. If you have bone-in pork roast you can do this one of two ways: either leave the bone attached to one of the large chunks of meat OR carefully cut the bone off of the meat.

  3. Season
    Sprinkle the pork with Mellow Dusk. Press the rub into the pork with clean hands to help make sure the seasoning stays on the pork butt and doesn't just fall to the bottom of the Instant Pot.

  4. Sear
    Sear the pork roast pieces on each side for 3-4 minutes until brown. It'll be a snug fit in the pot, but all pork pieces will fit. Do not peek at the pork until you're ready to flip it over, you won't want to keep it from browning to a nice crisp. And be sure not to fry it on each side for too long, otherwise, the pork rub will start to burn.

  5. Deglaze
    You'll need to deglaze the pot to avoid getting the burn signal during cooking. Press the Cancel button to stop the pot from cooking before you deglaze. To do this, remove the pork pieces and set them aside on a plate. Add ½ cup of liquid like chicken broth, beef broth, apple juice, or pineapple juice, and scrape up the brown bits on the bottom of the pot.

  6. Add the BBQ Sauce
    Add the pork back to the Instant Pot and pour ½ cup+ of BBQ sauce over the top.

  7. Pressure Cook
    Turn the pot to Manual High for 60 minutes. Do a Natural release for 10 minutes before doing a quick release of the remaining pressure in the pot. Once the pin drops, you can open your lid.

  8. Shred & Serve
    Let the pork cool down for 5-10 minutes before shredding it with forks, meat claws, or a mixer. Enjoy! Serve as a sandwich with a side of coleslaw, as sliders, or on lettuce wraps.

Recipe Reviews (0)

Tell us how it turned out and rate the recipe.

Be the first to rate it

No reviews yet. Be the first to tell us how it turned out.

Leave a Recipe Review

Your rating
Please note: comments must be approved before they are published