Smoked pork carnitas, made easy! Watch as we transform tender pork into rich, flavorful carnitas using a killer rub, W sauce, and cherry wood smoke.

Remove the pork and pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat. Add the onion, garlic, cumin, paprikas and oregano. Saute until aromatic, about 1 minute, scraping up any brown bits.

Here’s what you need to make carnitas. Pork. The best pork cut for carnitas is pork shoulder (also called pork butt, Boston butt, picnic roast and blade roast).

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Remove the pork and shred. Drain the solids from the liquids and add the liquid back to the dutch oven. Bring to a simmer on medium and let it go for 20 minutes.