Cluster

Pork

How long to smoke pork: butt, picnic shoulder, ribs, belly, loin, tenderloin, chops, ham and bacon, with the pit temp and pull temp for each.

photo · how-long-to-smoke-a-pork-butt-6-hours-and-20-hours-are-both-correct

Pork

How Long to Smoke a Pork Butt: 6 Hours and 20 Hours Are Both Correct

One widely read guide puts a pork butt at six to eight hours. Another puts the same cook at fifteen to twenty. The two hours per pound most people plan around only describes the part of the clock that actually scales with weight.

Updated Sep 2026

photo · how-long-to-smoke-ribs-3-hours-and-6-hours-are-both-right

Pork

How Long to Smoke Ribs: 3 Hours and 6 Hours Are Both Right

Nine results, times running from three hours to six for the same rack, with pits no more than fifty degrees apart. The spread is real and everyone in it is correct, because a rack of ribs is thin enough that almost none of that clock is the meat heating up.

Updated Oct 2026