Smoky Pulled Pork on a Gas Grill

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2014, America's Test Kitchen TV

We’ve always believed that a gas grill just can’t match charcoal when it comes to flavor. But after months of testing, our gas-grilled pulled pork didn’t just match charcoal—it beat it.

SERVES 8 to 10

TIME 5¼ hours, plus 6 hours brining and 20 minutes resting

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It’s often difficult to imbue pulled pork with rich, smoky flavor when cooking on a gas grill. We cut our pork butt into three pieces to increase the surface area that the smoke could cling to. After salting the pork overnight, we take it d...

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