pulled pork for easter wend - what cut to use?

[bbqchris]

So i wanna go to the butcher soon to get a cut of pork to smoke for making pulled pork on sunday me hopes.

do i ask for a leg like in this pic
http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=639&rendTypeId=4

i kno if i ask for a boston butt i will get funny looks

Cheers all

 

[smokin' joe]

Hey Chris. The hind leg is more suited for ham. Thats not the cut you want for pulled pork. You want to ask for a shoulder...sometimes called a picnic shoulder, if you are planning on pulled pork. This is the same thing that we call a boston butt here in the states. You may be confusing a butt with the hind quarters of the animal. Its a misnomer, the butt actually refers to the front shoulder areas of the hog.

Hope this helps...good luck with it, and dont forget the q-view.

 

[glued2it]

Butt for sure!

 

[capt dan]

Tell the butcher you want the whole pork butt section that he cuts pork steak from. You guys do eat pork steak in Aussyland don't you?

The leg is the ham part of the pig, you want the fron shoulder section for pulled pork!

 

[walking dude]

couple links for ya..........

the first is the usda .pdf.........but maybe there is a Oz conversion for it

http://www.ams.usda.gov/lsg/imps/imps400.pdf

the cut you are looking for in 406......scroll down to page 21

the other shows where the different pork cuts are located on a hog

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/porkcuts.htm

you really want the boston butt..........VERY hard to mess up a butt........

hope this helps

d88de

 

[desertlites]

WD I admire you for going the extra step to help this youngin-newbe out-hats off to u.

 

[walking dude]

thankx bob.........these are bookmarked for my own reference, plus to post here for others.........

had another one, but its gone.......but i followed the link it gave and came up with this one

http://www.theotherwhitemeat.com/asp.../shoulder.aspx

 

[bbqchris]

big thanks to all - and yes i seriously did think the boston butt reffered to a cut of meat from the pigs behind.... still on that learning curve

picnic shoulder it is.
cant wait to try the finishing sauce

be sure to get q-view for you guys

Cheers