I picked up a 7 to 8 lb Boston butt. Following jeff's tasty and tender smoked pulled pork recipe. Got up at 430 this morning and fired up the smoker. Set the temp for the smoker at 240. Prepped the butt with zesty Italian and Jeffs rub. Set it in the smoker at 5am. Smoker was around 230 degrees at the start and then maintained 240 consistently. Applied smoke all morning. At about 11 am I put the probe in and the IT was showing 160 on the MES Meat Probe. I never injected anything into it prior to that.
My question is....
I forgot to check the IT at 4hrs to make sure I was above 140 IT am I in trouble as I don't know if I made it out of the "danger Zone"?
This is my first long smoke.
Thanks in advance for your input.
My question is....
I forgot to check the IT at 4hrs to make sure I was above 140 IT am I in trouble as I don't know if I made it out of the "danger Zone"?
This is my first long smoke.
Thanks in advance for your input.