Cutting up pork shoulder to decrease cook time?

[wifehatesdabike]

Maybe this is common knowledge, or not....

My usual shoulder smoke takes 10-12 hours (6-8lbs). I found by cutting the pieces into 2lb chunks, it cuts the cook time by 3-4 hours, provides more surface area to smoke, and tastes no different. I saw this on Food Network actually, tried it, and it seems to work good.

Is there a downside to this method? Not sure why I have not read about it thus far? Cutting 4 hours off the smoke is a huge time saver.

Thanks all.

Steve

 

[rickypro]

The only down side I see is you don't have as much time to drink the adult refreshments while it is cooking.

Last weekend I cut my 10 lb butt into two pieces and it worked great.