Cooking times for meat

[hammerman]

If, for example, i have a joint of meat that is 2kg and requires cooking for 2 hours, would the cooking times be halved if i cut the joint in half and placed them side by side in a roasting dish in the same oven ?

[EDDIE51]

Yes , but a large joint cooks 'better' in terms of flavor and tenderness than 2 small joints. 1Kg is hardly what I would call a 'joint' more like a large portion .
This DOES NOT apply to microwave cooking, which is down to the weight not the size of the piece of meat.

[gingejbee]

...and the small "pieces" are going to shrink really badly!

[hammerman]

Yeah...2kgs was just an example. Thanks for your answers :-)

[nac_69]

Think it would dry out too much cook whole and keep some to eat cold