Overnight pork shoulders

[Rafter H BBQ]

Nice cook, they look awesome!

 

[Nick-IA]

Fully intact cuts of meat such as pork butts and briskets are considered mostly sterile on the inside. Bacteria only lives on the surface. So the 40-140 rule only applies to the surface. Even though he stayed in the danger zone for 6hr the surface likely hit 140 in a couple hours killing any bad stuff. Things that can make the center become unsterile is injection and meat probes

Also, reaching 200-204 IT before pulling them will kill anything. Not sure about the rest of that.

 

[ronf]

I've been there. Nice job. I had to freeze the butts for a month, until the next cook. They came out great.