To start....I love my WSM. Lol. I got it for Christmas as a gift that I had my eye on for awhile, but never bought for myself. It took awhile for the weather to break here in the northeast but decent weather/temperatures are here finally. I have have done small cooks(enough for 2 adults 1 teen and 2 young kids with a little left overs for a few days) 2 out of the last 3 weekends..... and plan on doing another this weekend for fathers day.
So this weekend is like to smoke pork shoulder for about 7-8 adults. I would like some left overs as well to last a couple days for my lunch at work. I plan on doing bone in shoulders. And I believe I've read before you should have about a half pound for each person??? So do you think I'd be better off buying 2 shoulders at approx 7-9 lbs or 1 large one at approx 12-14lbs.
I'm still real new to smoking. And I'm just wondering if there are advantages (such as shorter cook time, more even cook, amount of charcoal used) to using two smaller cuts as opposed to one larger one?
Any input, ideas, or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!
So this weekend is like to smoke pork shoulder for about 7-8 adults. I would like some left overs as well to last a couple days for my lunch at work. I plan on doing bone in shoulders. And I believe I've read before you should have about a half pound for each person??? So do you think I'd be better off buying 2 shoulders at approx 7-9 lbs or 1 large one at approx 12-14lbs.
I'm still real new to smoking. And I'm just wondering if there are advantages (such as shorter cook time, more even cook, amount of charcoal used) to using two smaller cuts as opposed to one larger one?
Any input, ideas, or tips would be greatly appreciated!!!