BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker: Cook in the crockpot with your favorite bbq sauce, and it’s one of the best pork steak recipes EVER! Such a quick and easy dinner idea and one of our top favorite slow cooker recipes!
Post updated April 12, 2021
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Friends, we all know that all of the recipes around here are quick and easy recipes, yes? Well, if there was a word to describe that this pork steak recipe was even easier than ANY recipe on this blog, (well besides this slow cooker pulled pork) then I’d say it. So I’m just asking that you take my word for it!
Or… better yet, take a look at the recipe below, and you’ll SEE how easy it’s going to be.
Not Enough Time? If you don’t have time for a slow cooker recipe, then check out my Baked BBQ Pork Steaks recipe to speed things up!
Honestly, I think the hardest part of this recipe was walking to the deep freezer, to pull the pork steaks out to cook.
💡 FAQs
For this recipe, all you need is bbq sauce with the pork steaks. As they cook, they’ll release juices and cook in those so it’s not necessary to add additional liquid.
Cooking them in the slow cooker with bbq sauce is a GREAT way to have tender, juicy pork steaks!
Yes! You’ll just want to make sure to cook them long enough to reach the safe-eating, internal temperature of 145 degrees, and allow them to rest for 3 minutes before serving. Or cook in the slow cooker until 160°) Cooking from frozen won’t allow you to cut slits in them as the recipe states, but that is ok… they can still be delicious!
You’ll find the full recipe card at the bottom of the post, but if you’re a visual person, don’t miss the helpful tips throughout the post!
👩🏻🍳 How to Cook Pork Steaks
First, I added a little salt and pepper to the pork steaks, before putting them in the cooker.
Since my wonderful parents gifted us with half a hog this year, we have an endless large amount of pork in our deep freezer. And because I didn’t think until the last minute to make pork steaks for dinner, I threw those frozen babies right in to the slow cooker.
If the pork steaks had not been frozen, I would have cut a small slit or two in each steak before saucing and cooking to allow some extra flavor and to help cook the steaks a little faster.
- Pour a dab of bbq sauce in the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Place a steak in the slow cooker and baste with a dab of bbq sauce.
- Repeat the process and place another steak in the slow cooker, making sure each steak is covered with sauce.
- Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until steaks are done. (Making sure the internal temp of pork steaks reaches 145 degrees, and allow to rest for 3 minutes before serving or go ahead and cook until the internal temperature reaches 160°. — this temperature has been updated according to the USDA’s recommended temperatures.)
Slow Cooking Makes Tender Pork Steaks
I’ve always been on a hunt for tender pork steak recipes, and before making these, I knew that cooking meats in the slow cooker, typically made them super tender. But for my husband to stop mid-bite to say,
“Jessica… these are really, really tender.”
I’ll have a hard time making these any other way. They were so tender that I’m even considering cooking them again, just to use the meat in a “pulled pork,” style of dish. They turned out to be one of the best pork steak recipes we’ve ever had.
TIP: Our slow cooker tends to cook SUPER fast. (Even on the “low” setting.) So our pork steaks tend to be “done” after a couple of hours. But when I leave the pork steaks in the crockpot for a while (at least four hours) they’re literally hard to get out, without them falling off of the bone.
🥗 What to Serve With Pork Steaks
We absolutely love having this red skin potato salad (or cauliflower potato salad if doing low carb), baked beans with ground beef, this bbq ranch cornbread salad or to keep it simple, we’ll open up a can of green beans and try one of these ways to make green beans taste better! But when you’re serving pork of any form, it seems like this KFC Coleslaw recipe is always a hit.
❄️ How to Store Leftover Pork Steaks
If you have leftover pork steaks, once cooled off, store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.
🥩 More Steak Recipes
If you’re a steak lover like those in our house, then you’ll definitely want to check out this popular oven-baked steak recipe, steak bites, and venison steak recipe!
Recipe
BBQ Pork Steaks in the Slow Cooker
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Ingredients
- 4 pork steaks
- 1 bottle BBQ sauce we use Sweet Baby Rays
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Rub salt and pepper on both sides of each pork steak.
- Using a knife, cut a small slit or two in each steak.
- Pour a dab of bbq sauce in the bottom of the slow cooker
- Place a steak in the slow cooker and baste with a dab of bbq sauce.
- Repeat the process and place another steak in the slow cooker, making sure each steak is covered with sauce.
- Cook on low for 4-6 hours, or until steaks are done. (Making sure internal temp of pork steaks reach 145 degrees, and allow to rest for 3 minutes before serving.)
Notes
- Do I need to add liquid to slow cooker pork? For this recipe, all you need is bbq sauce with the pork steaks. As they cook, they’ll release juices and cook in those so it’s not necessary to add additional liquid.
- How do you cook pork steaks without drying them out? Cooking them in the slow cooker with bbq sauce is a GREAT way to have tender, juicy pork steaks!
- Can you cook frozen pork steaks in the slow cooker? Yes! You’ll just want to make sure to cook them long enough to reach the safe-eating, internal temperature of 145 degrees, and allow them to rest for 3 minutes before serving. Or cook in the slow cooker until 160°) Cooking from frozen won’t allow you to cut slits in them as the recipe states, but that is ok… they can still be delicious!
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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Gloria Thornton says
Can I cook more than 4 at a time how would you adjust cook time
Jessica says
Hi Gloria! I’m sure you can! The cook time could just depend on the thickness of your pork steaks. I’d definitely try the time that’s suggested for now and then make sure the internal temp of the pork steaks are reached to the safe temperature – and if not, cook a bit longer if needed. I haven’t made more than this at a time so I’m not exactly sure what it would be!
Joe Lachermeier/ Denver says
I just finish eating the results. Followed the recipe to a T come on excellent excellent taste tender falling apart flavorful glad I found the recipe.
I normally do pork ribs this is the first time I’ve done the steaks and I am sure I will repeat many times again thanks for sharing .
Jessica says
So happy that you found this pork steak recipe and that you’ll use it again! Thank you so much for taking the time to share that with us!
Lee Lee says
My first time cooking pork steaks and this recipe made a happy family meal. The only alteration I made was the seasoning on the meat. I put a couple of slits in the meat and used a custom dry rub mix and a dab of Caribbean BBQ hot sauce before adding the crockpot and saucing. I also sauced with a honey BBQ sauce purchased from a local vendor at the Farmer’s market. They probably would have been great with salt and pepper but I was craving a flavor punch.
Jessica says
Happy to hear that you liked this pork steak recipe and adding your favorite seasonings is a great idea!! Thanks for sharing!
Cindi says
The family wanted to try your BBQ recipe too, FANTASTIC, The family and I totally loved it! Most delicious!!! Our new fav!
Cindi says
Hi Jessica, this is Cindi again. I didn’t quite get to finish my message. I accidentally pushed go.
Lol….I used the salt and pepper rub, some brown sugar as well. All light enough to not over power. Slocooker 4 hrs, add 1 can cream o mush, 2 more hours, yummy!
Jessica says
Hi Cindi!! So glad that you liked these slow cooker pork steaks! Thank you so much for sharing!
Cindi says
I’m so looking forward to trying this recipe with the BBQ sauce, however, for tonights supper I was hoping in the slow cooker I could make the pork shoulder blade steaks perhaps with like cream of mushroom soup???…. The family doesn’t want anything BBQ tonight.
Do you think that could work?
Jessica says
Hi Cindi! I haven’t tried that yet so I’m not sure how it would turn out but it sounds delicious! I’d love to hear if you try it and what the result is!
ELOISE CADE says
Love ❤️ 💘
Jessica says
Wonderful! I’m so glad that you liked this pork steak recipe too!
Anthony Godwin says
Jessica Baby, Put a layer of Sliced Onion below the Steak,…you’re overheating the meat. Your Crock is fine! “That’s what I say”
Dollie says
5 super tender and moist loved the sauce over mashed pototoes
Lowell Kowal says
I just bought a new grill – super pumped! Appreciate the post – trying to learn as much as I can before the Spring is in full swing.
Arlene says
Meat falls right off the bone, super easy, and delish. I realized I forgot to rub them with salt and pepper but they still tasted great. I did flip the steaks before the last hour of cooking so the top steak went to the bottom of the crock pot cuz the top steak did not seam as tender. It was by the time we ate it.
Jessica says
Oh this is so great to hear Arlene! So glad that you liked this pork steak recipe too! Thank you for sharing!