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Note: A 2-quart oven safe glass baking dish or a disposable aluminum baking pan may be used to marinate and roast the pork.
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Place the chopped onion on the bottom of your baking dish or pan.
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Lay the pork shoulder over the onions.
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You want about 1/2 of it to sit in the marinade.
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Do not submerge the pork shoulder in the marinade.
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Combine the lemon juice and vinegar in a measuring cup.
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Pour it over the pork shoulder sitting in the baking dish.
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Using a sharp knife, create wedges in various places throughout the shoulder to place the garlic cloves in.
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You want the cloves to go in deep.
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Now, sprinkle 1 Tablespoon of oregano and 1 tablespoon of garlic powder over the shoulder.
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Sprinkle half of the salt on the shoulder, and flip over.
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Repeat the oregano, garlic powder and salt seasoning on the other side of the shoulder.
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Cover with aluminum foil and let it marinate in the fridge overnight (or at least 4 hours).
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Flip the pork shoulder over, just before heading to bed or 2 hours into the marinating party.
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You want both sides to get marinated.
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Before placing it in the oven you need to remove the baking dish from the refrigerator and let it get to room temperature.
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If you fail to do this the glass dish may break in your oven.
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So be sure to do this step.
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This should take about 1 hour or so.
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Just sit it in on your counter.
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Dont forget about it, you dont want it to sit there for 4 hours at room temperature.
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Just enough to remove the cold from the dish.
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You could avoid all this by using an aluminum disposable baking pan.
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While its sitting on your counter, preheat your oven to 250 F.
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When ready, place the aluminum sealed baking dish or pan onto the middle rack of your oven.
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Set your timer for 2 hours.
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After 2 hours, flip the pork shoulder over, cover again and raise the temperature to 350 F. Roast for another hour.
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Then remove the foil and cook for another hour.
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After 4 hours of roasting ...
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Check the temperature at the thickest part of the shoulder.
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It should read 170 F or a bit higher.
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Your pork should now be falling apart at the pull of a fork.
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Remove from the oven and serve as desired.
