Picnic/Butt together

Mark0525

I went to Sam's just now and they had the 2 pieces of meat together and I thought it said picnic and boston butt and the price was really cheap. Should I but the pack and cook them both? Do I pull together and mix or leave them separate? Or do I just go to my butcher and buy a boston butt like I did before?

Mark

Unknown

The picnic and boston is just a shoulder cut in half. They both make fine pulled pork if that is your plan.

Cooking them both together would be fine although they will likely be finished at different times because they are likely different sizes.

Buy both (because they are cheap) and throw on in the freezer 'til next time.

Hey, you're only 118 posts short of 'PLATINUM EGGER' GO YOU!
Cheers.

Bacchus

You sure it wasnt 2 butts? The commonly come packed 2 per at the warehouse clubs.

Rascal

My ploy would be to cook them both, side by side (monitoring the temp of each one individualy) and compare the taste results. I've Egged many butts, but not of the "picnic" variety. Please keep us updated!

ChargerGuy

Mark, I saw the same thing at my local SAMS but I took it to say Picnic/Boston Butt as in two names for same cut? I could be wrong but I would just ask the butcher there at Sams.

Little Steven

Can you take a picture of the two and post it? The picnic has a conical shape.
This is a whole shoulder with the picnic on the right.


Steve

Mark0525

You may be right. I saw the two together and I thought that it was too much meat. But I thought it said picnic. I know for sure it said shoulder and butt. What do I know

Mark0525

Jason, That's exactly what it said. So what does it mean.

Mark0525

I thought they both looked about the same in the package. Yes I will go back probably tomorrow or Thursday and I will either just take a picture or buy it and post it. It seemed so cheap from what I paid at my local grocery store before.

Bacchus

As has been said, butt is part of the shoulder.

Mark0525

I knew that. I just thought maybe they packaged the butt with the shoulder. I should of paid more attention to it. I'm thinking it was 2 butts together

ChargerGuy

Mark, they looked like two identical cuts in one package. I may go back today and pick some up and while I am there I will ask the butcher?

Mark0525

Yes Jason, I couldn't tell the 2 apart.

Bacchus

LOL, you say "butt with shoulder" but that you know that butt is part of the shoulder.....
Im guessing its 2 butts.

Mark0525

lol...all these fancy terms

ChargerGuy

Mark, Is this what it looked like?


1.68/lb not bad i think. It is Boston Butt, don't know why I said Picnic my eyes must have been playing tricks on me!! :blink:

Mark0525

Thanks Jason, yes that's it....what the hell do I know Good price isn't it?

ChargerGuy

LOL I am with you there! I am new here too! It looks like a good price to me, I think I paid 1.99/lb last time I got it so I picked a pack up.

Bacchus

$1/lb is a good price to shoot for, and is/was fairly easy to find but there has been a spike or two in recent weeks with pork pricing. I'd say that is a fair deal everything considered.

Mark0525

Thanks. I guess I will cook 2 instead of 1. Nothing wrong with leftovers

The Naked Whiz

My Sam's have never packaged a picnic and butt together. They have always been packages of 2 butts, FWIW.

Mark0525

Yes. like I've said I think I was wrong

The Naked Whiz

Sometimes it is just too much work to read all the replies and find out what's already been said.

Mark0525

I'm sure. But it's a great learning experience and I value your help.