Boston Butt Roast

This common roast is the top portion of a pork shoulder - the meatiest part of the pork shoulder. It is often smoked for a mouth watering BBQ pulled pork, but works well for any slow cooked pork dish. Because it has a good marbling of fat, you can cook it until it's falling apart tender and it will still be juicy.
*The name "butt roast" is misleading - it was actually named after the butt barrels that pork used to be stored in around the time of the Revolutionary War (this is also where the term "buttload" comes from!)... And the reason butt roasts are often called Boston butts is because they were considered a New England specialty. Occasionally you'll see them called a shoulder butt. We’d be happy to just call a butt roast the upper shoulder roast, but then most people wouldn’t know what we’re talking about. So butt or Boston butt it is. Just remember a butt is a shoulder and you’ll be good to go.