Butt or shoulder?

[Joan]

I am soo confused. They are 2 different cuts of meat, but a lot of recipes say cook the same and others say cook differently. I am trying to clean out my binders (they are shoving me out of my office )

 

[timothy]

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Some SM will call a butt a pork shoulder roast, I rarely see them called Boston Butt
Picnics I see alot in the Mexi marts and whole shoulders ( butt and picnic ), pork butts.

 

[DanHoo]

both ?

 

[timothy]

both ?

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At that weight, I would guess it's a whole shoulder boneless.

 

[DanHoo]

At that weight, I would guess it's a whole shoulder boneless.

The ones I've bought are two packs.

 

[Chris Allingham]

No, those at Costco are two pork butts. That's a confusing label.

Pork butt = the upper portion of the pork shoulder
Pork picnic = the lower portion of the pork shoulder
Pork shoulder = the butt + picnic in a single unseparated piece

Most will do best cooking with pork butt. It's basically just a big block of solid meat with or without a hand-sized piece of shoulder blade bone inside. The picnic has more bone and an odd shape, making it somewhat more complicated to cook. To tell the truth, I've never cooked a picnic.

 

[timothy]

The ones I've bought are two packs.

I just noticed the Kirkland ( Costco ) label, Yep.