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Pork butt or pork shoulder

Harleybob
Harleybob Posts: 6
in Pork
Going to make pulled pork this weekend. My question is butt or shoulder? What would be the best choice?
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  • legomyeggo
    legomyeggo Posts: 113
    Pork Butt. Did a shoulder once and did not like it at all compared to pork butt. I was surprised that it really had more of a "ham" taste than pork butt., My opinion. 
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  • dfrea
    dfrea Posts: 7
    I thought they were the same thing?  I think something from the actual "butt" end would be called a ham.  I'm doing 20 pounds this weekend, label says "pork butt bone in"
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  • Hi54putty
    Hi54putty Posts: 1,873
    Butt is half the shoulder. Other half is called picnic. Both are great. Picnic is a little sweeter in my opinion.
    XL,L,S 
    Winston-Salem, NC 
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  • Carolina Q
    Carolina Q Posts: 14,831
    I don't notice much difference. I prefer the butt because it doesn't have that thick skin on it. I prefer the picnic because it's about $1/lb cheaper.Sometimes more. They used to be pretty much the same price. Around here anyway.

    I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

    Michael 
    Central Connecticut 

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  • legomyeggo
    legomyeggo Posts: 113
    I thing hi54putty put it best - picnic is sweeter.

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  • jhl192
    jhl192 Posts: 1,006
    I usually go with a Boston Butt. 

    XL BGE; Medium BGE; L BGE 
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
    The mixture of the two is really good if you do a whole shoulder.

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • Smokinpig
    Smokinpig Posts: 739
    edited May 2014
    I usually do butts only since I do not need that much meat but last week I did a butt and picnic.  There is a difference if you do both and mix rather than just a butt or picnic alone. I found it not to be a big difference though. You will lose more weight to bones in a picnic as well.

    LBGE Atlanta, GA


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  • Harleybob
    Harleybob Posts: 6
    Thanks. Going with the butt
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