Ham Shank always fatty?

[Tim in PA]

I smoked a ham shank for Easter and it seemed excessively fatty. Is that typical for the shank portion? If it is, I'm sticking to the butt section. I have another shank in the freezer but I'm not very anxious to cook it after this last one.

[1buckie]

  Tim, I remember looking this up before when somebody gave me one......wasn't sure exactly what to do.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjRkuzcIpek


Guy does it the oven, but it seems it would transfer just fine.....done in two stages, score & par cook, then peel off the skin & fat & finish cook....

I also just smoked the hell out of a different one 'till it fell apart pulled......