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1001st Pork Question
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Royal Coachmen
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So my wonderful wife went to Costco to purchase me some meat for cookin. She picked up a 10lb pork shoulder...problem is that it was individually wrapped into 2.5 smaller shoulders. Will this impact the way I cook them? Obviously don't leave them on as long...but I've never successfully cooked something that small. They're usually 4-8 lbs.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Take a look at the "two pork butts" thread running a few posts down-good staring point.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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you will cook them just as long
cutting a hot dog in half doesn't speed the cook time
ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
Hooray, MORE BARK!!
Steve
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Thanks all!
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2.5 lb's -- are you sure that wasn't an elbow instead of a shoulder? Or did I missread that.
Cookin in Texas -
The OP said they thought they had a10 pound shoulder. Turns out they were 2.5 pounds. Gonna cook them just as long? Haven't heard that one before...Geaux Tigers!!!
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The OP said they thought they had a10 pound shoulder. Turns out they were 2.5 pounds. Gonna cook them just as long? Haven't heard that one before...
At the risk of casting doubts upon stike's beautifully written play (in 3 acts) on this matter that he wrote earlier today (hilarious- if you didn't see it, look it up) I'm still skeptical that a 2.5 lb butt cooks in the same time as a 10 lb butt. I just can't wrap my dumb head around that one.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX -
I would think it would be based on the thinnest cross section. As with a hotdog, same diameters will take the same time to cook no matter how long they are.
Big Lake, Minnesota
2X Large BGE, 1 Mini Max, Stokers, Adjustable Rig
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But one of those hotdogs is not 4x larger than the other. Cut a hotdog in half, you have 2 equal halves. Make one hotdog 4x larger than the other and it will take much longer to heat the middle of the larger dog , yes?Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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I guess next I will start cooking turkeys and cornish hens together.Geaux Tigers!!!
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I believe jnsead of ten pound butts, he has 2 butts which weigh 5 pounds
Given the near universal way these things are sold, I doubt he has a package with four 2.5 pound butts
More likely a typo, and that's why i answered it as though he meant he had two 5-pounders
He could have four 2.5s, and they may cook faster, sure
But in general, with butts weighing between 5-7 pounds, two at a time, you wont notice a difference in cook time
ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
Ah. Makes a big difference. I was thinking he somehow got little roasts or something.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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And please understand, i never said two butts of different sizes would take the same amount of time.
Two butts of the same size will not take appreciablu longer to cook than one butt of the same size
And within reason, cutting something like a whole prime rib in half (or a whole tenderloin or rack of lamb, etc) won't make it cook faster because the heat works in from the short dimension, not the ends (hot dog cut in half analogy).
Cutting a pork butt in half is a little different, but even then the plateau is enough to drag out the cook to the point where cutting a butt in half wouldnt cut cook time in half. Might shave some time off, sure.
Dont think i ever said a 2.5 butt would take as long to cook as a ten pounder. But if i did, i blame the good folks at the distillery
ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
Nah, I misunderstood the size of the butts. I think we are all on the same page here. Still laughing at the play. My whole family read it last night and my 17 year old said "who the F is this guy"? I said nobody knows son...nobody.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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i copied most of it from Beckett. his little know barbecue period
ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
I'm reporting back. (sorry for the delay I'm keeping up with a 2 year old and a pregnant wife). The pulled pork was the best round I've prepared! Moist, just the right smoke and bark! Thanks for all the help,
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Cool. Glad it worked out and I'm still glad we got a play out of the deal. Nice job!Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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