First Picnic

[Craig Cole]

Tomorrow, I'm smoking a Butt (9lbs) and a Picnic (10lbs). Since Ive never done a picnic, I was wondering do I take the skin off or do I leave it on? I usually do a Mustard Slather and a rub, so I'll stick to that game plan for the picnic.

There seems to be more bone in it than a butt, so does this pose a problem when pulling it, or does it all pull off the bone?

Thanks for ay info to help me out.

 

[Ken Nelson]

Like most things in life, there are at least two schools of thought when it comes to skinning a picnic.

Because I'm generally lazy, I'm in the camp of leaving the skin on. When the meat is done, the skin and underlying fat will slide right off.

If I'm feeling a little less lazy than normal, I'll use a boning knife to make a pocket between the meat and the skin and work some rub down into that pocket.

Other than that, I treat a picnic pretty much the same as a butt.

Enjoy!

Ken

 

[K McCarthy]

I remove the skin. It trims off fairly easily and allows for more bark.


Kev

 

[Jim S]

I actually cut the skin off, lay some rub down, and then cook it down in a drip pan along with the meat. The nice thing is, you can use the flavored grease as a baste. Yea, the doctor will say it's bad for you cholesterol numbers.... I say invite him to your next cook and let him get a taste.