Oven Roast Pork Picnic Shoulder - Easy, Crispy, Under $10

This recipe is a super simple way to slow roast a whole pork shoulder and get crispy skin in the oven. It makes a lot of food to feed a crowd, or to have leftovers for the week and it costs less than $10.
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Ingredients
Whole pork picnic shoulder, skin-on, bone-in ~8 lbs
3 Tbsp kosher salt
3 Tbsp sugar
3 Tbsp white vinegar

Directions
1. Pat the pork picnic shoulder on all sides dry with paper towels.
2. Cut slits into the skin but avoid cutting into the meat. Cut the other direction to make a cross pattern
3. In a small bowl, mix the salt and sugar together.
4. Rub the salt/sugar mix onto the meat. Be sure to rub all sides of the pork. The roast is big so be generous.
5. Place it onto a roasting pan with a rack, skin side up. Brush white vinegar onto the pork skin. This will help with crisping the skin.
6. Refrigerate overnight. Leave it uncovered to allow the pork to dry out.
7. The next day, preheat the oven to 275°F. Remove the pork from the fridge (the skin should be dry by now) and slow roast the pork for 8 hours in the oven.
8. After 8 hours, remove the pork and preheat the oven to 450°F. The pork should be fully cooked at this point, but the skin won’t be quite crispy just yet.
9. Once preheated to 450°F, roast the pork again for 10 to 15 minutes or until the skin is crisp. Add foil or water at the bottom of the roasting pan to avoid burning and help with clean up #ASMR #cookingvlog

[Jacktors]

Awesome video. I just put the dry brine on and put it in the fridge. I will cook it tomorrow. Great video thanks. No blah blah blah, no stupid music, great camera work and subtle instruction. ❤

[TheFriendlyPsychopath]

I used your recipe, thanks. I put it in last night at 1am but put it on 250°, by 10am it was done.

[RosannaMoquete]

The best video, easy and we can see exactly what you are doing. The sound of the crispy top is perfect. That’s all the sound I need to hear.

[katephillips]

I'm so happy with how this pork shoulder turned out. That was so tasty!! House smells amazing. I couldn't be happier

[mitchpinion]

I just want to say, I have used this video at least 10 times to remind me how to make pork shoulder. You make excellent videos!

[freedomofspeech]

I like that she takes a bite and you hear the crunch :P

[audreystevens]

Fantastic video! My father used to make great shoulder, but I had no idea how to even start. And he didn't crisp the skin like this. Thanks for your recipe!!👍🏾👋🏾

[robertringo]

This looks awesome. Getting ready to start it. Saturday night.

[jmont]

The audio eating the crispy pork was a nice touch. 😊

[nedstudt]

Thanks so much for the recipe and excellent camera work. I just found your channel and appreciate this format over the chatty ones.

[davelarsen]

I'm a huge fan of Pork Butt, make it several times a year. Always wanted to try a Picnic but it's usually just my wife and I for dinner. I was at the store and they had a 1/2 Picnic drastically reduced! I am going to follow your recipe and make it today!

[josephmunch]

Exactly what I was looking for, it’s gonna be Sunday’s dinner. Was on sale for $.99lb. Can almost taste it now 😊 I’ll try spraying the crosshatched skin with vinegar before seasoning so it doesn’t wash off, especially the sides. But that’s just me. Thank you for sharing this, I can’t wait!!

[OtterHog]

Great video, just put mine in the fridge to dry brine. Thank you for keeping it simple and easy to understand!!

[roberth]

I'm about to do this recipe on my pellet grill and can't wait. Thank you!

[davidgherardi]

It's such a simple and easy recipe. Definitely going to try this one out.

[bravofox]

Thank you for showing how to roast the pork shoulder with your recipe, it came out very great! THANK YOU! It's very good. 👍 😊

[Krystalknowscash]

Thank you for sharing you recipe! My pork came out Crispy af perfect 🥹

[tomtalley]

Never made one of these, but just prepped one, is in the fridge ready to go for tomorrow.

[Heidi]

Would love to see this roast plated up. Looks delicious.

[marcosasantiago]

Thank you sooo much for the DRY BRINE method, easier and less messy than the wet brine. And BTW - the pork is much tastier.