Enhance Menus with Versatile, Affordable Pork Butt
Published: July 1, 2025
Excite patrons with these cost-effective cuts that work across your menu.
Also known as Boston butt and celebrated for its umami flavor qualities, pork butt gives you a key menu maker for on-trend cuisines ranging from Spanish to Asian to BBQ. Read on for unique ways to create standout dishes that captivate customers and keep them coming back.
Strong Benefits
• Umami flavor • Well-marbled • Ideal for low and slow-cooking methods • Versatile—from pulled pork to ramen to carnitas
Flavorful, Versatile and Affordable
Pork butt comes from the top of the pork shoulder primal, above the pork shoulder subprimal (near the neck) and is usually butchered into a rectangle shape.
It’s a flavorful, versatile cut of meat that can be cooked in a variety of ways, including smoking, roasting and braising. Known for its distinct marbling, it’s perfect for slow cooking.
Because it’s a relatively inexpensive cut, pork butt can also provide a great profit margin.
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1 in 3 consumers are eating more pork as a result of restaurants offering more pork dishes they like. 1
A Menu Favorite That’s On the Rise
Patrons are passionate about their pork. So much so that nearly 1 in 3 consumers report increasing their pork consumption due to restaurants offering more pork dishes they like. 1 Pork appears on an impressive 89% of all U.S. menus, 2 and restaurants on average offer approximately 20 menu options featuring pork. 3
Pork appears on 89% of all U.S. menus. 3
Get Ready to Inspire
Bone-in or boneless pork butt give you a perfect opportunity to ignite your creativity with recipes that not only inspire, but help enhance your menu with flavorful new offerings for patrons seeking craveworthy pork dishes. Explore these mouthwatering recipes featuring flavorful, tender pork butt:
Pernil Pork Butt Recipe
Savory Sous Vide Pork Carnitas Recipe
Sticky Pork Caramel Bun Recipe
BBQ Pork Ramen Recipe
Chef’s Tip: Boneless pork butt is great for grill roasting, barbecuing, oven roasting or braising. Bone-in cuts have great hold time for QSR.
Count On ibp Trusted Excellence ® Brand for Affordable, Quality Pork Products to Use Across Your Menu
Versatile and cost-effective, our fresh pork cuts give you countless ways to create memorable dishes that excite customers. Discover how ibp Trusted Excellence ® brand can help you elevate your pork offerings and help set your operation up for greater success.
ibp Trusted Excellence ® Supreme Trim® Bone-In Pork Butt
Chef’s Tip: Because it comes de-boned, boneless pork butt helps reduce back-of-house skilled labor. It’s a whole muscle ingredient requiring little to no trimming.
Well-marbled bone-in pork butt yields succulent, flavorful dishes when cooked low and slow.
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Sources:
1 Technomic, COP: Beef & Pork, 2024
2 Technomic, National Food Trends, 2025
3 Datassential, The World of Pork, 2024
