butt backing down

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tarpsflat

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Jul 15, 2009
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10
ft laud fl
8lb. butt has been in my smoker for 9 hrs. at 225 to 230 got to 186 at 8 hrs. and started to go backwards.  Now at 9 hrs. is 169.  I've done four butts before first time I've had one go backwards.
 
Did you have a stall already? Do you have another probe you can check with?  Is your probe near the bone?
 
Mine went backwards yesterday while cooking for competition and I have never seen them do that before. It went from about 170 the last time I checked to about 150 and I about crapped. It came back up but boy was I nervous.
 
Iver had that happen. And your right you do want to crap yourself.
 
Too bad the beer count in the cooler doesn't go backwards during a stall. That is aheck of a letoff if you ask me. Maybe the probe was right in a pile of fat that rendered down or something like that. I dunno
 
i've only done 1 butt, but it went backwards shortly after it stalled at 169 degrees. 

it didn't freak me out because i had read lots of threads that warned of the stall, and a few that mentioned the loss in internal temperature.

old threads are a great resource here at SMF.  if you root around you can find the thread where someone (sorry i can't recall the member's name) explains the physics behind the stall.  it's very reassuring to know what problems might crop up and have strategies ready to addresss them.
 
The stall doesnt bother me I know that is normal but I had never seen one go backwards. Maybe they do and I just happened to catch it this time.
 
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I have had that happen to me also and I just closed my eyes and took another swig of beer and when I opened my eyes again it was all fixed I think.......
 
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