The anatomy of your protein is important stuff. Knowing the right cut or style can be the difference between a perfectly cooked roast or a mediocre meal that’s a little on the chewy side.

It is less common to see boneless pork shoulder, and if you do, it will be wrapped in netting to hold its shape. As with pork butt, it is better to get the bone-in version of this cut if you can ...

Pork shoulder, which comes from the upper portion of a pig’s foreleg, is usually split into the fattier top, known as Boston butt, pork butt or just butt, and the lower portion, called the ...