I get a 3 or 4 lb pork shoulder or butt (if im only serving a couple people). I leave the string on for the first few hours. I rub the outside of the pork butt with brown sugar, onion powder, and garlic powder. Feel free to use sliced onion or garlic cloves if you prefer. I place the butt in the crock pot and add 20 ozs of a/w root beer(non diet). I cook on low for 1 hr and high for 1 hr. I flip the meat and repeat. once at the 4 hour mark I will take the butt out and shred it. I add it back to the root beer for another 1-2 hrs. Normally for the last 30 mins I will drain out most of the rootbeer and add a bottle of sweet and spicy rays bbq sauce (I have noticed though the heat makes the bbq sauce a little too runny for me). so next time I make this, im going to leave the meat in the root beer for the 6 hrs, drain and have the bbq sauce on the side instead of in the crock pot. this way the bbq sauce will remain thicker when eating