In article > , "Peter
Aitken" > wrote:

> I am planning a traditional pulled Q - my first on the smoker. My shoulder
> is about 60% covered with the skin. Should I remove this or not?

It can be a wrestle but you get better rub coverage if you remove the
skin. Some people score through it. Last butt I did I cooked direct
and used the skin as the deflector-kind of a pad to rest the meat on.
It worked pretty well.
Since it's your first I wanna say don't pull it until the internal is
over 190F. You want that bugger fallin apart.

monroe(gettin the butt hankerin again)