Boston butt

A Boston butt is the slightly wedge-shaped portion of the pigs butt above the standard picnic cut[1] which includes the blade bone and the "lean butt" (which is boneless), both extensions of the loin cut and can be used in place of the loin.[2] Generally the pork shoulder is considered a primal cut with the picnic and butt sections being sub-primal cuts however, some sources do refer to the butt as a primary cut.[3]

A boneless Boston butt, rolled, tied and ready for roasting

The tenderloin is closer to the rear of the hog. The shoulder is at the front.

The Boston butt gets its name simply from the fact that it is the wider end of the front shoulder. Butt is old English for “wide end” like the butt of a gun.

See also

References
  1. United States. Department of the Air Force (1968). The Veterinary Technician. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 6.
  2. The Hotel/motor Hotel Monthly. Clissold Publishing Company. 1915. p. 9.
  3. Tia Harrison (15 February 2013). Butchery and Sausage-Making For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-118-38744-3.
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