Totally according to your own personal preferences. I advocate for smaller bite size pieces for my own uses..for me, it makes for a better texture, flavor, and handling. Friends, family, and acquaintances love being able to pop that "popcorn salmon" into their mouth without a fork or a cracker. But again, that my own preference...I will say that processing larger pieces, especially full size slabs, is easier and less time consuming than the smaller pieces..but the end result is worth the investment in time to me...either way, nothing like it, using a King salmon to start!!