Slow Cooker Pulled BBQ Beef Sandwiches: delicious and tender beef slow cooked in a homemade BBQ sauce served on a toasted hamburger bun. Perfect for parties
Slow Cooker Pulled BBQ Beef Sandwiches
Delicious and tender beef slow-cooked in a homemade BBQ sauce and served on a toasted hamburger bun. Perfect for parties and get-togethers. Nothing brings families together like comforting food made with love.
Now that the temperatures are rising, give your oven a break, and don’t heat the whole kitchen. This Slow Cooker BBQ Beef will cook by itself while you enjoy some time in the pool.
Make a huge pot and let people assemble their sandwiches. You can even leave them in the fridge and heat them out throughout the week or freeze the leftovers.
Last month when I traveled to Alabama, I got a real taste of Southern Cuisine and Hospitality. Their food is definitely out of this world. Simple flavors that come from the heart. Real flavor history is passed down through generations.
All these different flavors gave me the inspiration behind these Slow Cooker Pulled BBQ Beef Sandwiches. The meat just melts in your mouth with a sweet and smoky sauce. Just grab some extra napkins because it’s about to get messy!
If you don’t like hamburger buns, you can also serve them over lettuce cups, hoagie rolls, or even on top of homemade grits. I love combining the sweetness of the sauce with tangy pickles to balance out the flavors. Also, chips or french fries make a crispy side dish.
Did I mention how easy these are to make? No special cooking experience is required. Simply mix the sauce ingredients and place them in the slow cooker with the meat.
Then shred, top with sauce, and enjoy. People will think you slaved all day in the kitchen when the crock pot did all the hard work. I left mine to cook overnight on low for 10 hours.
That way, I did all my morning errands and wasn’t bending my back to get food ready by lunchtime.
I hope you can try these delicious slow-cooked BBQ Pulled Beef at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
Slow Cooked BBQ Pulled Beef
Ingredients
For BBQ Sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 teaspoons Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon Onion Flakes
- 1/2 cups Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
- 1/2 cup Ketchup
- 1 Tablespoon dry mustard
- 1/2 oz Bottle of prepared BBQ Sauce 16 (use 8 oz)
For Beef
- 3-4 lbs Beef Chuck Roast or any other cut you'd prefer
- Salt + Pepper to taste
- 8 Hamburger Buns
Instructions
- Place the meat in a cutting surface, trim the excess fat and pat it dry with a paper towel. Rub salt and pepper all over. Cut into 2-3 pieces
- In a bowl, place all the sauce ingredients together. Mix with a spoon until combined
- Place the sauce inside the crock pot
- Add the meat inside the crock pot as well. With a spoon turn the beef so it is coated evenly with the sauce on all sides
- Cook on low for 6-8 hours
- When meat becomes tender, remove from the crock pot and set it on a cutting board
- Skim the fat from the sauce and place all the liquid on a small saucepan over medium low heat
- Simmer the sauce for 10-20 minutes so it can reduce and thicken (optional)
- With 2 forks, shred the beef
- Toast the hamburger buns
- Place shredded meat on top of the bun, pour sauce and top with the other bun
- Enjoy!
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Tiffany this looks amazing, like all of your other recipes! I swear, whenever I cannot figure out what to make for dinner that day I just look through your recipes and get a million ideas. This is SO PERFECT for Memorial Day weekend. YUM!!
wow Jessica! Thank you so much! coming from you it means the world! You’ve made my day. Happy Memorial Weekend!
hi there. A quick question please? When you say “1/2 of a bottle of bbq sauce, 24 oz”, do you mean 1/2 of a 24 oz bottle of sauce or 3 cups of sauce goes into the cooker? Thanks for the clarification. :^) Eric
Hi Eric! Sorry about the confusion, I meant around 8 oz (for a 16 oz bottle) I’ll clarify it in the recipe too! Let me know how it turns out
Can I skip the mustard? My son is allergic to mustard or can I sub anything else?
of course! just omit it
This recipe was fabulous everybody loved it yummy
I am glad they did Rena! thanks for your feedback and have a great week!
Is that a T of dry mustard?
yes Sylvia! if you don’t have dry mustard, simply use prepared one
STOP! No need to search for another BBQ beef recipe. This was divine! I used a 4 lbs roast and cooked for 4-5 hours on low. I may add some chopped onions next time. IMO, no need to simmer the sauce. I’m going out
Of town this w/e and might make it again next week!!
Hi Nancy! Thanks so much for your feedback and your kind words. Glad you liked it! Have a great weekend!
Can I use boneless beef ribeye roast? I got a great deal on it. Thank you
Hi Michelle! I wouldn’t put that cut of beef in the slow cooker. Ribeye Roast is meant to be grilled/broiled. For the slow cooker use cheaper cuts of beef
I made this today, sooo good!
Thanks for your feedback Deb! glad you enjoyed the recipe.
I made this for tonight’s dinner. Can’t wait to eat it. It’s delicious. I cooked it on my dutch oven on 325 degrees for a couple hours. Turned out great. Thanks for a new family favorite recipe!
Glad you like it Laurie! thanks for the feedback!
Made this today for my family. Easy, tasty and one I’ll make again.
So glad your family enjoyed it Siobhan!