i have been seeing this as well and while I know it is perfectly legal to slice pork for turn in, I know it is illegal to butcher the pork before cooking it. A pork shoulder, butt or picnic is too muscularly confusing to result in a perfect slicing peice like some people turn in. You can obviously see how some people are butchering their meat before cooking it due to the rub being around the entire slice of cut meat as well as a smoke ring around the entire perimeter of these newly popular slices. Why isn't this rule enforced more? I saw some in Wildwood and brought it to the attention of some people and they 'explained' to me how the team cut the meat after they cooked it, I don't buy all of it. Can any light be shed on this?
Here is the direct rule:
PORK: Pork is defined as Boston Butt, Picnic and/or Whole
Shoulder, weighing a minimum of five (5) pounds. Pork
shall be cooked (bone in or bone out) and shall not be parted.
