- Jan 9, 2017
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I was smoking a small butt yesterday. Smoked the butt at around 200 degrees for four hours put the thermometer in it was around 100 degrees. Watched and timed the temperature rise about one degree every three-ish minutes. Butt got to 157 degrees then stopped raising, checked smoker it was still doing it's thing an hour and a half later i turned the smoker up to about 300 to try and get the temp to raise to no avail. Thought maybe my thermometer was broke brought the butt in after a total of 7 hours on the smoker and still reading 157 degrees temp let it rest cut it open was still pink in the middle...Any ideas on what would cause a piece of meat to just stop cooking like that?