Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Chops and Potatoes
87 Comments Feb 10, 2024
Updated Jun 25, 2025
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Boneless pork chops, Russet potatoes, and sliced onions cook together in Sweet Baby Ray’s barbecue sauce then smothered in cooked bacon and melted Colby Jack cheese. Delicious recipes like this deserve a spot on the meal plan and it’s sure to become a family favorite.
If you love sweet baby rays, then you’ll also love my Pulled Pork Chow Down and Crockpot Ribs.
Slow cooker meals that take the guesswork out of putting something delicious on the dinner table is a must-try. And what could be better than pork and barbecue sauce?
I wanted to make a pork recipe in the slow cooker that wasn’t the usual pulled pork. To my slow cooker, I added pork chops, sliced potatoes, and onions and covered that in barbecue sauce, THEN topped that with bacon and cheese!
Recipe Ingredients
Such an easy meal! Find the full recipe in the recipe card below the images.
- Russet Potatoes: Thinly sliced for that perfect balance of tender and hearty. They soak up all the flavors in the slow cooker.
- White Onion: As they cook low and slow, they transform into golden, caramelized bites.
- Pork Chops: Whether you prefer bone in pork chops for extra juiciness or boneless chops for easy eating, they soak up all the flavors, becoming fall-apart tender meat with every bite.
- Barbecue Sauce: Sweet, smoky, and a hint of tang – Sweet Baby Ray’s is divided for strategic saucing, ensuring every bite has the perfect blend of BBQ taste.
- Seasonings: Salt enhances natural flavors while black pepper adds subtle heat.
- Bacon: Cooked bacon is added at the end and helps create a smoky crunch with every bite. You can also switch up the flavor of the bacon to your liking.
- Cheese: Colby Jack cheese is my go-to choice of cheese flavor. It’s the finishing touch that makes this easy recipe definitely a keeper.
Variations
This recipe is perfect as is, here are some small changes you are welcome to make:
- While russet potatoes are traditional, you can experiment with Yukon Gold or red potatoes for different textures. Just keep in mind that cooking times may vary slightly.
- Feel free to use your favorite barbecue sauce or explore different flavors to suit your taste.
- Other cheese options are mozzarella or pepper-jack, use what you have on hand.
How to Make Pork Chops and Potatoes
Step One – Place the potatoes down in an even layer into the slow cooker sprayed with non stick cooking spray (olive oil works as well). Sprinkle over the onions, and salt and pepper.
Step Two – Squeeze about a cup of the barbecue sauce over the potatoes and onions.
Step Three – Place pork chops next in an even layer.
Step Four – Add the remainder of the barbecue sauce over the pork chops.
Step Five – Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
Step Six – After the cooking time is through, add the bacon slices over the pork chops.
Step Seven – Then add the cheese slices.
Step Eight – Cover for an additional 10 minutes to allow the cheese to melt. Serve and enjoy!
How to Serve:
Here is how I serve this meal to my family:
- This dish is a complete meal right out of the crockpot—no extra work needed!
- If you’d like to round it out even more, a fresh green salad or tangy coleslaw makes a great side. You can also serve it with a slice of warm cornbread for the perfect finishing touch.
Featured Comment
“These are the best pork chops I’ve ever ate! So good! Thanks for sharing!”
– BreANa
Slow Cooker Pork Chops and Potatoes
Ingredients
- 5 cups sliced russet potatoes
- 1 cup sliced white onion
- ½ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 18 oz. Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce , divided
- 2 lbs. pork chops, bone-in or thick cut bone-less
- 6 slices cooked bacon, add at the end
- 6 slices Colby-Jack cheese, add at the end
Instructions
- Spray a 6-quart oval slow cooker with non-stick spray. Place the potatoes down in an even layer. Sprinkle over the onions, and salt and pepper. Squeeze about a cup of the barbecue sauce over the potatoes and onions. Lay the pork chops next in an even layer. Add the remainder of the barbecue sauce over the pork chops.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
- After the cooking time is through, add the bacon slices over the pork, then add the cheese slices. Cover for an additional 10 minutes to allow the cheese to melt.
Sarah’s Notes
- Store your leftovers in airtight containers in the refrigerator to keep them fresh. Make sure to separate the pork chops and potatoes to maintain their individual textures. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop with a splash of water to retain moisture.
- While russet potatoes are traditional, you can experiment with Yukon Gold or red potatoes for different textures. Just keep in mind that cooking times may vary slightly.
- Feel free to use your favorite barbecue sauce or explore different flavors to suit your taste.
- Other cheese options are mozzarella or pepper-jack, use what you have on hand.
Nutrition
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
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Pretty easy out figure out your time variation if you are use to your crockpot temp.I’m using thick chops so I’ll cut my potatoes the thickness I know it will cook both done at same time. Low 8 hours.
In the crackpot now I used the Buffalo Sweet baby Ray’s has anyone tried that???
I have it on the cockpot right now. Cooking it on low for 8 hours but I used thin boneless pork chops and I seasoned my pork chops with garlic powder, adobo and sason before putting them in the crockpot.
Sounds delish!
Hello i have thin bonless pork chops will those still be the same cook time
I think the same cook time, because the potatoes will take the same amount of time as the recipe says. 🙂
Honestly, disappointed. What exactly is “5 cups sliced russet potatoes”? How many potatoes? What is the ultimate outcome from a weight standpoint? What thickness? This recipe is way too vague! And the same goes for “1 cup sliced white onion”. Am I honestly supposed to put these items in a measuring cup? Nope. No cook would say that.
After four hours, I took my pork chops out. They were done. I’m now on hour 8 for the potatoes. Shame on me if I cut them too thick, but I only tried to follow the slices as depicted in the photos.
If you want to make this recipe, it has great taste. Just beware of the vagueness and slice thin.
5 cups of sliced russet potatoes is 5 cups of sliced russet potatoes. Yes I used a measuring cup. I did not say use a certain count of potatoes because I’ve never seen two potatoes the exact size.
I rarely use a whole onion in a recipe as they are too large, hence I stated to use 1 cup. The potatoes should have cooked no matter what size you cut them if you left the lid on the entire time and have a slow cooker that cooks accurately.
I’m thinking, potatoes, onions, pork chops then bbq sauce. Thoughts?
My stove is on the fritz so we are having to do everything in the crockpot right now. Can I add the bacon earlier and let it cook with the porkchops?
It can be added earlier if it is cooked. Can you cook it in the microwave? Uncooked bacon in the crockpot can be greasy and mushy.
Very good, my husband dont like pork chops or onions, i didn’t tweet anything and he LOVED it, he didn’t even know there were onions there. Good job Sarah and thanks for sharing.
Thanks Kehau. That is so great to hear.
Ew I cooked this and it tastes disgusting. No real flavor to the meat. I followed exact instructions and was very disappointed. 4 hours…don’t waste you’re time.
How sad that you didn’t like it. I made it and we loved it!! Guess we all just have different taste buds 🙂
Chops turned out a bit dry. I sliced potatoes to thin so they were soft. Good flavor. Next time I will cut potatoes thicker and reduce time to 3 hours. My slow cooker is a smaller round version.