Pork shoulder ?

lentsboy007

Planned to make pulled pork over night .  Store didn’t have any pork butts, all they had was pork shoulder roasts .  Got a 7 pounder .  “Butcher” 16 year old kid didn’t know diff or if this will make good pulled pork.  Seems very soft and fatty . Will this make me some decent pulled pork or will it be a disaster ? 

unoriginalusername

If it’s fatty you should be fine 

bikesAndBBQ

Unless I am missing something, isn’t pork shoulder and pork butt different names for the same thing?

Fred19Flintstone

If its from high on the shoulder.  The lower part (upper arm) is sometimes called a shoulder roast.  More often it's called a picnic roast.  There's no confusing a pork butt and a picnic roast because they are shaped differently. 

Fred19Flintstone

Shopping tip:  When shopping for pork butts, get the loosest, sloppiest one(s) you can.  Those are the best ones imho.

RustyBeavers

I would assume you bought a normal pork butt. Posting a picture would help if you want 

tarheelmatt

You've more than likely have yourself a "butt" my friend.

Typically the butt in stores are half of a whole butt. 

The shoulder includes the butt and picnic though.

lentsboy007

This is the bottom . Not the big solid fat patty of the butts I’ve always bought 

lentsboy007

Would help if I let the pic load 

EggbertGreenII

A friend of mine made the same mistake.