"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> There you go! I do prefer pork to be bone in, too. Looked
> in the store today and there were no pork shoulders to be had,
> so I'll live to worry about it another day.

Pork shoulder is both the butt (Boston butt) plus the picnic. What you
probably want is the butt (Boston butt). The whole shoulder is probably 12
to 15 pounds while the butt is about 7 or 8.

Yes, there will be more flavor with the bone left in.

BOB