- Oct 31, 2016
- 5
- 10
Yesterday I was going to smoke a butt to bring with me to a gathering and decided to go ahead and throw two on my uds and pull and freeze one for later. Although they were the same size, the one butt lagged significantly behind the other in internal temp. Eventually time was running short and I decided the one butt wasn't going to be done by the time I had to leave. So, when it hit 175 I took it out of the smoker, wrapped it in foil, put it in a waterproof bag and put it in a cooler with 30 pounds of ice. This was about 6 pm. I figured I'd get it cooled down, put it in the fridge and finish cooking it the next day. The only problem was when I got home about midnight I temped the butt and it was only down to 50 degrees. I went ahead and put it in the fridge. Is it safe to cook this for a few hours at say 250 until it gets to 200? I'm not thrilled that the butt didn't cool faster, but I really don't want to throw away a whole butt. Thoughts?