Picnic cut vs boston butt

[KenB]

Is the picnic cut difficult to smoke? All I ever see is Boston butts being cooked.

 

[Tom Golden]

Nope. But it is a more solid piece of meat with less fat so it will not pull as well. But cooked to 170-180 is killer.

 

[Bob Sample]

It's the lower part of the shoulder. I use it for pulled pork quite often. Cooks the same.

 

[Robert McGee]

I prefer the Boston Butt in comparison to the Picnic but both, done well, are better than excellent. I believe that there is a good bit more waste with the picnic but it's still "Good Eats"...

Keep on smokin',
Dale53

 

[Dwain Pannell]

I recommend Pernil with the picnic.

http://tvwbb.com/search.php?searchid=1463315

OR Lechon Asado

http://tvwbb.com/showthread.php?22041-Lechon-Asado-help&highlight=Pernil

 

[Charles H.]

The last pork I cooked was a picnic, it cooked just fine and tasted great.
I think I do prefer the butt though.

 

[Carl H.]

Picnic is generally a little leaner and, thus, drier but it makes very good pulled pork.

 

[KenB]

Dwain, I made a Pernil in my oven last year with a picnic and it came out great. I want to try a picnic for pulled pork. I'll give it a try. I just picked one up for 1.49 a pound. If I screw it up I won't feel that bad. The pork butts around me are 3.49 a pound.

 

[Matt Marino]

The Lechon Asado recipe looks great! I want to try it for Xmas eve with a Picnic. How do you deal with the skin? Cook skin side up or down? Is it good eating? I saw a recipe that called for trimming it carefully leaving one side attached so you could lift it and season under it.

 

[KenB]

The Lechon Asado recipe looks great! I want to try it for Xmas eve with a Picnic. How do you deal with the skin? Cook skin side up or down? Is it good eating? I saw a recipe that called for trimming it carefully leaving one side attached so you could lift it and season under it.

I cooked my pernil by flapping the fat cap and seasoning under it. The meat came out great. I didn't smoke the meat but cooked it I the oven. I cooked fat side up.

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Dwain, I made a Pernil in my oven last year with a picnic and it came out great. I want to try a picnic for pulled pork. I'll give it a try. I just picked one up for 1.49 a pound. If I screw it up I won't feel that bad. The pork butts around me are 3.49 a pound.

Rgr that. It'll turn out great.