Low-and-slow cookout
Buy enough pork shoulder before the smoker starts.
Translate finished portions into raw purchase weight while accounting for trimming, rendered fat, cooking loss, and seconds.
Read the pulled pork planning guideWhy raw weight is much higher
Pork shoulder loses weight from the bone, trimmed fat, rendered fat, moisture, and bark trimming.
- Cooked portions are finished edible meat, not raw package weight.
- The default 50% yield means 10 pounds raw becomes about 5 pounds finished.
- Buns receive the same selected buffer as the meat portions.