BBQ picnic

[Marshall Blythe]

No, not that kind of picnic; this kind:

That's a ~10lb. pork picnic on my WSM, glazed with sauce and ready to pull. I've cooked lots of pork butts before, but never a pork picnic until now. I noticed a couple of distinct differences:

1. It took longer to cook than a same-sized pork butt cooked under similar conditions would take.
2. The meat was much leaner than that from a pork butt.

I dry rubbed it with Meathead's Memphis Dust, and before removing it from the smoker I gave it a couple of coats of glaze made from BBQ sauce mixed with apple juice and molasses. It was different from traditional pork butt, but man it was good!

I served it with homemade hush-puppies, baked potato, and fresh squash and green beans from my garden:

 

[JimK]

Great plate of food there!

 

[Brad Olson]

That's a good-looking plate! I haven't smoked a picnic for a few years but if memory serves my observations were similar to yours.

 

[Robert-R]

Way to cook & eat! The pork looks spot-on.

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Great job on that picnic Marshall. That glaze looks interesting. Bet it was good with that apple juice. I found picnics to have different muscle texture that the standard butts. The muscle is longer and "stringier", but as you say, very good. Great looking sides also.

 

[Rich Dahl]

Looks very good, nice cook

 

[Barb D]

Outstanding cook it all looks so delicious.

 

[JeffG]

Nice picnic cook Marshall, and fresh squash and green beans from your garden, can't be beat.

 

[Rusty James]

Picnics (or so I'm told) have better flavor than butts.

 

[Dustin Dorsey]

Awesome cook! Picnics are a good change of pace!

 

[Marshall Blythe]

Picnics (or so I'm told) have better flavor than butts.

I'm planning to cook both a picnic and a butt together during one of my next cooks so I can put this to the test. Even if they taste the same I believe I like the leaner texture of the picnic more than the butt.

 

[ChuckO]

That's what it's all about: BBQ & Picnic. Done right!

 

[Pat G]

Looks tasty Marshall! I haven't had a hush-puppy in years, that's going to change.