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sorry to say flyin', you're going to have to change your avitar! being a die hard PSU fan, i despise all big 10 teams (especially michigan and ohio state...which doesn't work to well for me being stationed in buckeye territory)
!!!!!! haha, just messing w/ ya. i was actually hoping they would have won the rose bowl last year.
and yes, i like big butts and i cannot lie, but all you other brothers can't deny either!!!!
So I see it it s pretty much unanimous for with the bone.... The score is 142 to 15. I am curious about those who prefer without the bone. why that preference?
Bone in. Aside from the flavor issue and what that adds to the drippings, I figure that by removing the bone and tying the meat back together you're just giving bacteria a chance to get to the middle of the meat - which I don't want on a slow smoke on a big piece of meat!
Bone in all the way here! Back when I was just starting this obsession, about 6 years ago, went into the most popular butcher shop around here to get some bone-in pork butt. Butcher tells me "We don't get it that way, what you want that for?"
I go "Can you order me some?"
"Nope. Use boneless, it's better."
I have not set foot in that attitudinal shop since. And I'm better for it.