Picnic Roast vs. shoulder or butt

[lankster35]

I normally smoke a pork butt and they are around 8 or 9 lbs. This week the store had Pork Shoulder Picnic Roast for $1/lb so I picked up 2 of them. Any difference I should take into consideration before smoking them?

 

[SirPorkaLot]

I like to cook the picnic and butt together (whole shoulder)

Picnic makes great pork bbq!

 

[lankster35]

My plan was to smoke them tomorrow to shred/pulled pork and then use the bone to make some ham and beans?

 

[thirdeye]

They are only about 8" apart, I cook them the same but when injecting the picnic, go heavy around the arm bones. That's the best meat. Also, if they cook slower than you plan, sliced pork from a picnic is wonderful.

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

Picnic is a bit leaner but pulls just fine.

 

[halfcocked]

The picnic around here has skin on. I remove the skin before smoking and it does just as well as the butt.

 

[16Adams]

Picnic = more bones more flavor. Malcom Reed has a nice pork picnic cook on YouTube, or did

 

[SirPorkaLot]

The picnic around here has skin on. I remove the skin before smoking and it does just as well as the butt.

I leave skin on. In fact, when I can get a butt with skin on, I do that as well.

 

[cdhbrad]

My plan was to smoke them tomorrow to shred/pulled pork and then use the bone to make some ham and beans?

Smoke it with the Skin on......and don't be shy about putting that Smoked Skin in your Beans. You can thank me later. :wink::wink:

 

[Callahan-que]

Some people make cracklings out of the skin, I never have though.

 

[halfcocked]

The part with the skin on will not get smoke or bark. So, if you don't mind that or if you are smoking the skin for beans, then leave it on. If you take it off, you might just take off down to the join and leave the skin on the rest. Best of both worlds.

 

[SirPorkaLot]

The part with the skin on will not get smoke or bark.

IMHO the skin provides more benefit to the end product, than you lose from some missing bark.
It’s great both ways though!