Done 100's of Butts... First Picnic ?

[JckDanls 07]

So I was wondering to trim the skin off or not ??

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Yes, trim it off.
The skin can be used to make chicharrones if you want to do that.

 

[SmokinEdge]

I skin for pulled pork and leave for Dave’s ham recipe. We love the cured skin for beans and such but for PP, I skin them for rub and smoke flavor on the meat.

 

[thirdeye]

It's your call, here is a trimmed skin picnic, and a lightly trimmed whole shoulder. Skin does hold some moisture, but you loose bark.

 

[chopsaw]

My opinion is leave it on . I remove it after the smoke . Scrape any un-rendered fat on the underside , chop it up and add it back in the pulled meat . What I don't eat , I add back to the meat anyway .

 

[JckDanls 07]

Yes, trim it off.
The skin can be used to make chicharrones if you want to do that.

Yup... Can add it too my collection (skinned a belly a couple weeks ago) ...

 

[JckDanls 07]

Thanks boys and girls ... I kinda figured to trim it off ..

 

[chilerelleno]

Mmmmmm, homemade cracklins!

 

[boykjo]

My opinion is leave it on . I remove it after the smoke . Scrape any un-rendered fat on the underside , chop it up and add it back in the pulled meat . What I don't eat , I add back to the meat anyway .

Although I haven't done it with a picnic alone but I like what Rich is suggesting. I do this when cooking a whole hog. I crisp the skin on high heat at the end and add it back to the PP.

 

[normanaj]

Interesting thread to follow as I've also never done a picnic either. Stores around me don't have them very often.