McCormick Slow Cookers Seasoning Mix, BBQ Pulled Pork

McCormick Slow Cookers Seasoning Mix, BBQ Pulled Pork is a small, convenience-focused seasoning packet marketed to home cooks who want a classic smoky-sweet pulled pork with minimal fuss. You’ll typically find it in the spice and seasoning aisle stacked with other McCormick mixes and near long-cooking aids like slow-cooker liners, as well as alongside BBQ sauces and marinades. It suits occasions like weeknight dinners, casual weekend gatherings, and game-day cookouts when shoppers want an easy shortcut to a crowd-pleasing main. McCormick positions this product as a dependable, heritage brand solution — familiar, American, and family-oriented — appealing to busy parents, tailgaters, and anyone who enjoys traditional BBQ flavors without lengthy recipe development. The front label leans on comforting descriptors (BBQ, hickory smoke) and lists simple-seeming ingredients like brown sugar and garlic; it includes “natural flavor” language but carries no organic certification and no kid-focused graphics. On the shelf it may convey a mild “natural” halo because of words like brown sugar and natural hickory smoke, though it is fundamentally a processed seasoning. In plain processing terms, it’s a prepared spice mix that contains concentrated flavors and minor oil and extractives produced by industrial methods. Sensory details: the mix is a dry, slightly grainy powder with sugar crystals, savory onion and garlic notes, chili warmth, and a pronounced smoky note from natural hickory flavor; the packet (small envelope inside a cardboard sleeve) is designed to be poured directly into a slow cooker, combined with ketchup, vinegar and meat, then left to simmer — a ritual of ease and slow transformation that results in shreddable, saucy pork.