Cooking a picnic shoulder for the first time

[mrob22]

I have smoked my fair share of pork butts before for sliced and pulled pork. I have some in the freezer and was planning on smoking one this weekend and due to time constraints was going to cook it to be sliced. I realized last night that it is a picnic cut and has the shank bone in it. From what I have read they cook real similar to the butts but is there anything I need to do different? Planning on cooking until an IT of 165ish. Any help would be appreciated

 

[SmokinAl]

If your going to pull it, then you would want to go until 200-205 IT.
Al

 

[mrob22]

Al, This one will be sliced.

 

[sauced]

I trim off the skin, if there is some and also trim excess fat as well. My tastes for slicing are cooking the pork to an IT of 190 or so.

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

I agree with trimming the skin and excess fat then taking it to 185-190 for slicing. They have always been great off of my old Brinkmann. I guess I just love the pulled pork so much that I have just lost all interest in slicing the pork :)

George