Picnic Shoulder Roast

Picnic Shoulder Roast

Picnic Shoulder comes from the lower portion of the Pork Shoulder and is a wonderfully flavorful cut for long, slow cooking. It has the fat and connective tissue that gradually soften during cooking, producing tender, juicy pork with plenty of rich flavor.

Like Boston Butt, it makes excellent pulled pork, but it's also a great traditional roasting and braising cut.

Give It Time

This isn't a roast to rush. Smoke it, braise it, slow roast it in the oven or let it cook gently in a slow cooker until the meat becomes fork tender.

Shred it for pulled pork sandwiches, tacos or rice bowls, or serve it as a traditional Pork Shoulder roast with its cooking juices and vegetables.

Picnic Shoulder or Boston Butt?

Both cuts come from the shoulder and are excellent for slow cooking. Boston Butt comes from the upper shoulder and is generally the first choice for classic barbecue pulled pork. Picnic Shoulder comes from farther down the shoulder and offers its own rich flavor and versatility for roasting, braising, smoking and shredding.

You really can't go wrong with either — choose Boston Butt for the classic barbecue cut or Picnic Shoulder when you want a flavorful, versatile slow-cooking roast.

Raised Differently

Our heritage breed pigs spend their lives outside in our fields and woods, where they're free to root, forage, explore and wallow.

They naturally forage on grasses, clover, roots, berries, nuts and whatever else they find throughout the seasons. Alongside what they forage, they're supplemented with a nutritionally balanced organic feed made without corn or soy.

We raise them slowly, give them plenty of space, and never use antibiotics, hormones or vaccines.

Package Size

One Picnic Shoulder Roast per package. Individual roast weights vary.