Im Confused??

[Jay Lopa]

If you cook a butt and they say it takes around 1.5 to 2 hours per pound what happends when you cook say 20 Lb's is it going to take 30 to 40 hours ???

 

[Doug D]

You probably won't find a butt larger than 10 lbs.-- most average in the 7-8 pound range. The hours-per-pound estimate applies to the individual piece of meat, rather than the entire quantity of meat being cooked.

 

[Paul G.]

If you cooking several butts, and need to estimate your time to finish, take the largest one, multiply its weight by two (2hrs/lb), and add a "little bit". For 2 butts, that might be 1/2 hour, for 4, maybe 2 hours or more. Conditions will make a difference. The beauty, however is the hold time you have with the butts when finished cooking - at least 5 hours if wrapped in HD foil and placed in an empty cooler with towels.

Paul

 

[Jay Lopa]

Thanks for your input I thought I would have to cook for two days with all that meat
Jay