Pork cooking time calculator
Pick the cut and the weight, get the USDA cooking time and when it is done.
How long do I cook a pork roast?
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) gives 20 minutes per pound for a 2- to 5-pound loin roast at 350 °F, so a 4-pound roast takes about 1 hour 20 minutes. Its holiday roasting chart, at 325 °F, gives 20 to 25 minutes per pound for a 3- to 5-pound bone-in loin roast and 23 to 33 minutes per pound for a 2- to 4-pound boneless one: 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes for a 4-pound bone-in roast.
What temperature should pork reach?
FSIS says to cook raw pork steaks, chops and roasts to at least 145 °F, measured with a food thermometer before you take the meat off the heat, and to let it rest for at least three minutes before carving. Ground pork, such as patties, needs 160 °F.
How long do pork chops take?
FSIS lists total times, not per side: a ¾-inch loin chop broiled or grilled takes 8 to 9 minutes and a 1½-inch chop 12 to 16 minutes (broil 4 inches from the heat or grill over direct medium heat, turning once). In a skillet a ¼-inch chop or cutlet takes 3 to 4 minutes and a ¾-inch chop 7 to 8 minutes; braised chops take 6 to 8 minutes.
How long does a pork shoulder or Boston butt take?
FSIS lists a 3- to 6-pound Boston butt at 45 minutes per pound in a 350 °F oven, so a 4-pound butt is about 3 hours. A boneless shoulder butt of 3 to 6 pounds braised in liquid takes 2 to 2½ hours. FSIS gives these times for cooking to a safe temperature; meat you want to shred needs to be tender, which it does not give a time for.
Why do the two FSIS charts give different times?
They are separate tables, each “compiled from various resources” for meal planning, with different oven temperatures: a crown roast is 12 minutes per pound at 350 °F for 10 pounds in one chart and 20 to 25 minutes per pound at 325 °F for 6 to 10 pounds in the other. Treat every time as a guide and start checking with a thermometer early.
Cured hams have their own chart: see the ham cooking time calculator. For other meats and poultry, the meat temperature chart lists the safe internal temperatures.
Sources: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Fresh Pork From Farm to Table (Fresh Pork: Safe Cooking Chart, updated December 2024) and Roasting Those “Other” Holiday Meats (Holiday Meat Roasting Chart, updated December 2024). How we check our calculators.