- Aug 7, 2013
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So I've read a lot about the "stall" when smoking a butt. Here is the info, I'm smoking on a cookshack 009 electric smoker. Butt went on at 11:00 PM last night. I set the smoker to 225° and used a taylor digital gauge (haven't bought a maverick yet) to check the temperature. This smoker tends to run a bit hotter than set temperature. Between the taylor gauge and a bbq thermostat that I have in the smoker it has been running between 240-270 the entire smoke so far. Butt weighs in at 9.5 pounds with bone in. At 7:30 AM this morning she was stuck at 165° so from the research I've done here on the forums I know this is completely normal, so I rode it out from 7:30 AM until 11:15 when she only went up to 167° in almost 4 hours.
I didn't want to foil but I decided to foil at 11:15. Fast forward 1 hour to now at 12:21 PM and she is only at 171° I now have the probe in (only own one probe) and the bbq thermometer ibhave in is reading 260° so she's definitely got enough heat.
What gives? Going into 13 1/2 hours and only at 171°? I'm confused?
Any help would be appreciated.
I didn't want to foil but I decided to foil at 11:15. Fast forward 1 hour to now at 12:21 PM and she is only at 171° I now have the probe in (only own one probe) and the bbq thermometer ibhave in is reading 260° so she's definitely got enough heat.
What gives? Going into 13 1/2 hours and only at 171°? I'm confused?
Any help would be appreciated.
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