Trim Fat off Boston Pork Butt?

[dhueftle]

Do i need to cut the white looking fat off of the pork butt prior to smoke?

 

[old sarge]

Nooooooooooo!  At least, I never do.

 

[Pork Belly]

Folks have been cast into hell for that....

 

[barelfly]

Unless there’s a gigantic piece on the edge, but.......

8)

 

[Meatball]

Would not recommend cutting ….. 

 

[Grampy]

Definitely not!

 

[Limey]

Definitely not, although for the first butt I ever did, many years ago, I trimmed off ALL the fat! Didn't know any better. It still turned out great so maybe we are all over-stressing about this.

 

[NDKoze]

It depends on where you get your meat. I buy all of my pork butts at Sam's Club and they all have a perfect 1/4" fat cap, so I have never touched them.

If your butcher/market leaves a lot of extra fat on, I could see trimming "some" off. You just want to make sure that there is a good 1/4" or so of fat cap left on.

I have rarely seen a pork butt, even when I have purchased from other places that required any trimming.