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Boneless Pork Shoulder

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David
David Posts: 97
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum

My local market did not have any bone-in pork shoulder yesterday so I purchased 2 - 4.5lb boneless shoulders. Looking to make pulled pork for tonight...any idea how long these will take? Thinking of cooking at 250 degrees..sound right? Thanks for your help!
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  • badbruce
    badbruce Posts: 353
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    Mornin' David,
    I'm used to doing 10/11 lbers, bone-in @ 230 dome for about 22 hours.
    Last 2 butts were Costco sans bone 5 lb.ers & took 16 & 20 hours. I haven't got it down yet.
    I think the best way is to wait for an internal temp of 195/200 and then you know it's done.
    Cheers,
    bruce

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  • Sundown
    Sundown Posts: 2,980
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    David,[p]The best way to figure the time is 2 hours per pound. More than enough . . . usually. Three weeks ago I did a 10.5 pound pork shoulder (same cooking times as a butt) and I figured 21 hours. Ended up with my first 24 hour cook since getting my Egg 6 years a ago. In the past I've had 10 lbers which should have taken 20 hours by those calculations cook in less than 12 hours. Cooked through to 200º tasted just fine. I think I would rather hold a butt or shoulder in the cooker for a few hours than have a bunch of guests sitting around wondering what was going on. I've held butts and shoulders for 5 hours and felt very confident they would be fine. At that poiont they were all HOT as hell when I pulled them. Get your dome temp to 250º otherwise it will take a lot longer to cook the meat. Good luck and let us know how it works out.
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  • The Naked Whiz
    The Naked Whiz Posts: 7,777
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    David,
    Well, when asked how long a man's legs should be, Abraham Lincoln reportedly answered, "Long enough to reach the ground." FWIW, I just finished pulling a 5 pound butt that took 12 hours at 223 degrees.[p]TNW[p]P.S. I know one other clever answer from Abraham Lincoln, and you can be sure I'll use it if ever appropriate... LOL!
    The Naked Whiz
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  • David
    David Posts: 97
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    Sundown et all,[p]Thanks for the tips!!
    David
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  • Unknown
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    I just picked up a 11lb boneless shoulder at Costco, and was preparing for about 20 hour cook. However, I just opened up the packet to start preparing it, and that darn thing is in two pieces, so about 5.5lb each. How does this affect my cook time now? I was going to throw them on at about 1pm this afternoon, now I'm stumped.
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