Pork butt vs pork shoulder

[Mardi]

Hi All:

Last night I did my first pulled pork on the Bradley.  I had to use a pork shoulder because my store didn't have any pork butts.  I have only smoked pork butts in the past and all have turned out wonderful.  Well, the pork shoulder tastes pretty good but there is very little smoke taste.  I used 12 hickory pucks and all burned just fine.  So, I was wondering if pork shoulders just don't absorb as much smoke as pork butts do, or is hickory just not a strong tasting smoke?

Mardi

[capt.mike]

Mardi
I bought a shoulder a few weeks ago because that was all the store had and I could not get to my butcher.This week I stopped by my pork butcher and bought 2 butts and some pork bellies for bacon. We have to say that we like the butt much better than the shoulder. The 2 I did yesterday took about 15 hrs but the but the weather was cold about 25 deg. at night. I think it is a matter of preference some people like vanilla and some like chocolate,some like Canadian bacon and I like pork bellies(regular bacon).
Mike

[MallardWacker]

Mardi,

I have had the same experiance.  If I ever do a shoulder again I might pull the skin off first.  But however, the big boys at the tests I have noticed that they leave that skin on.

SmokeOn,

mski
Perryville, Arkansas
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