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Smoking Techniques => Hot Smoking and Barbecuing => Topic started by: Dirt Clod on June 17, 2011, 01:25:45 AM

Title: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: Dirt Clod on June 17, 2011, 01:25:45 AM
Which is better to use for chopped pork? Is there a big difference?
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: Tenpoint5 on June 17, 2011, 01:34:43 AM
They be the same animal. Shouldn't be any difference.
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: OU812 on June 17, 2011, 07:01:04 AM
Like 10.5 said, its the same part of the animal.

Also called Boston roast, Boston shoulder roast, pork butt, shoulder roast, shoulder balde roast,
country roast.  ;D
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: ghost9mm on June 17, 2011, 08:06:20 AM
Yep !!! all the same, left or right shoulder...lol.. :D
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: Dirt Clod on June 17, 2011, 02:21:00 PM
Not the first dumb question I have ever asked in my life, probably wont be the last either
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: OU812 on June 17, 2011, 02:26:19 PM
Quote from: Dirt Clod on June 17, 2011, 02:21:00 PM
Not the first dumb question I have ever asked in my life, probably wont be the last either

Aint no dumb questions here,,,,,,, you just didnt know.  ;D
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: EDinNB on June 17, 2011, 04:27:50 PM
I couldn't figure out why it was called a Boston Butt... It came from the wrong end of the animal... but my Butcher explained that it was the butt end of the shoulder as opposed to the shank end ... Doh!
Title: Re: Shoulder Butt vs Boston Butt
Post by: ghost9mm on June 17, 2011, 04:35:35 PM
Hey !!! at 74 yrs of age I am still learning, and my advice is to never stop learning...keep your mind sharp...and trust me you will meet a whole lot of younger folks a h@ll of lot smarter then you... :D