Yes! We feel the same way one of our recipe testers Jackie Gorman does. In her words, "With pork butt, I don't think that the flavor is dependent upon the bone, but the amount of fat it has." Pork has been bred to be leaner and leaner over the years. Our advice is to get yourself a nice heritage pork butt that's well-marbled and has a thick layer of fat on it, just as God intended. Because as the pork roasts, the fat slowly melts, constantly bathing the underlying meat in what we like to think of as essential fatty acids of a different, porkier, yet still healthful sort.