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Pork cut: where it is, price, recipes

Boston butt

Despite the name, it is the top of the shoulder, not the rear: colonial Boston butchers packed it in casks called butts. It covers what France splits into échine and palette, and it is the go-to cut for pulled pork.

  • Smoked
  • Roasted
  • Braised
Gaston in profile, with the Boston butt outlined$5/ lb
Gaston · Shoulder
In French
Boston butt (haut d'épaule)
French cuts
Échine, Palette
Where it sits
Shoulder. The Boston butt has nothing to do with the rear: it is the top of the shoulder, named after a barrel.
Tenderness
3/5
Flavor
5/5
Marbling
4/5
Price
$5 / lb ·
Actual size
~25 cm

Recipes that name the Boston butt

Carolina pulled pork with smoked Boston buttSmoked pulled pork shoulder