Is there any difference between a Pork Shoulder Roast and a Pork Shoulder “Picnic” Roast?
Pork Butt Roast, Boston Butt Roast, Pork Shoulder Blade Roast The butt roast is a very nice roast. It can be used as an oven roast or a pot roast and is often found on sale dirt cheap. I also love to grind them for a cheap replacement for hamburger with great results. They can be sliced into pork blade steaks or country style ribs. Pork Shoulder Picnic Roast The shoulder roast or fresh picnic roast is usually smoked, but you can find fresh uncured shoulder roasts in most supermarket meat cases. They are often priced dirt cheap, even cheaper than pork shoulder butts, but they are not a better value. The pork shoulder roast has up to an inch of fat along with several ounces of rind and a big bone (can be up to 50 percent waste). They are good roasted but are best when smoked and cured for a picnic ham. I found this online, hope it helps you today. I have personally referenced this several times myself, just to double check my own knowledge when I wasn’t sure either!
