Pork Butt Cook Times

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benderz85

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If I take an 8lb pork butt and cut it into two 4lb chunks, does it cut the cook time in half? Does the 1.5hours/pound still apply? Also, would it affect meat integrity? Thanks.

 

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Benderz85 said:

If I take an 8lb pork butt and cut it into two 4lb chunks, does it cut the cook time in half?

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Good luck and let us know how it turns out!!

 

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I did mean to say 1.5hrs/lb as a guide. I've always waited until the pork is the proper temp. I'm just interested in cutting down my time because where I live I can only get 8 pounders.

 

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I general the time will be cut way down, pretty close to half, but you should plan a couple hours extra to CYA. I just smoked a 4lb Butt last weekend at 250* to 275*F and it ran 10 hours to get to 200*F IT. So if you go 225*F you can count on at least 2 hrs/lb maybe more...JJ

 

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Thanks for the replies!