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  1. khai

    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    Weird... I responded to this post this morning but it seems to have disappeared. You're probably right about watching the smoke more closely, but I sort of figured that the whole point of having a pellet grill with a large hopper and fancy digital control was so that I could leave it...
  2. khai

    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    That's probably smart as well.  I thought the whole point of a pellet feeder with a fancy digital control was so that I could get away with stuff like that?  :p (well - that and I'm not allowed to burn charcoal on my balcony as it's a wood-framed building) All's well the next day so it looks...
  3. khai

    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    That's a very good way of looking at this situation; perfectly logical, and brought immediate clarity for me - thank you!   I'm perfectly comfortable leaving leftovers lying around for a long time.  I don't strive to do it, but it happens all the time.  Heck, I grew up in a house where I was...
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    I fully understand the position, especially as I am an unknown entity to everyone here.  After much consideration - and the post likening it to leftovers I decided that I was comfortable eating it.  I warned everyone and explained the background as well as the USDA recommendations and then...
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    So it's not actually the bacteria itself that's the issue, but rather the toxins that are produced as a result of the bacteria?  I'm thinking of fermenting beer as an analogy here - only the byproduct is detrimental rather than the goal?
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    Cool - thank you.  I'm having a bunch of people over tonight so I ran out and bought some stuff to cook something else quickly - but I left the brisket smoking in the hope that it was still salvageable. I'll keep the kids away from it for sure, and the one person who's flying tomorrow...  :p...
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    That's pretty cool - a user-configurable high/low alarm would have prevented this problem (assuming I woke up when the alarm went off :p). I just got a new Taylor wireless thermometer and the blasted thing keeps turning off (the head unit).  I have no idea why but it's really annoying!
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    Yes, it definitely got over 140 in under 4hrs.  Under 3, I'm fairly certain (it was mid 130s after less than 2hrs).  At ~4hrs (when I woke up to check it) it was in the low to mid 150s.  The issue - or at least area of which I'm unsure is that somewhere after it hit 15x the fire went out and it...
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    It just dawned on me that I got up at ~02:00 to check it and everything was cool (smoker was holding @~225 and the brisket was ~150).  That's a ~4.5hr window in between when everything was cool and when I found it actually cool to the touch (but not stone cold) in the morning.   Any chance of...
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    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    Aw, bummer - I was hoping that by bringing the temp back up to "high enough" for "long enough" that I'd be able to save it.  That sucks.  But, that's also why I asked you guys... Thanks.  
  11. khai

    dipping below "the safety zone" (fire went out overnight)

    Last night I tossed a ~4kg brisket on the smoker @225 and went to bed after it had been rolling for a little under 2hrs.  In that time the temp had gone up to >130, and I assume that it continued to climb for some time.  When I awoke some 7hrs later I noted that the fire had gone out overnight...
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