Can I stop a Pork shoulder 1/2 way through?

Cookinupnorth

Ok..so guests at 6pm Sat
2 - * pound pork shoulder to cook...estimated cook time...16 hoursat 225...from what I have read...

Can I cheat and do 6 hours Friday?
Please be kind in your responses.

Thanks in advance
Andrew

Squeezy

You would have to get it back up to temp to continue cooking  .... absolutely not !!!

... and what Tweev said ...

Cookinupnorth

ok then...late night/early am it is ! Is the cook time accurate?

Lit

You don't have to cook at that low of a temp. You can easily do 250/275 to speed up the cook and nobody will ever know. There are people that always cook their shoulders at 350 and they come out good.

Cookinupnorth

sounds like

Cookinupnorth

well here I went to sleep for 4 hours and woke up to an egg at 100 degree...pork at 132...fire out..snap!

Have just spent the last hour gettin her goin again....:(

will let you know how it goes...just weird that the temp held fine for an hour at 225 b4 I went for a nap...usually holds steady for hours? ANy thoughts Lit or Squeezy?

Squeezy

Depends how well the fire was established and if you had enough air flow or perhaps your lump was damp.

Lit

225 is a hard temp to maintain. I always do my low and slows at 250. I have never had a fire go out but I have woken up to 200 degrees. If I was cooking at 225 my egg probably would have gone out.

Cookinupnorth

Just to close the loop...it turned out really well..like butter! Thnx for the tips everyone!

Squeezy

Glad to hear that ... WTG!