SMOKER NOT HOT ENOUGH !!!!!

[goliath]

CROSS POSTED TO FOOD SAFETY ...
HELLO i have a serious situation.....
put a pulled pork in my electric smoker and it never reached 225 degrees.......
sat at 180 for 6 hours until i figured it out .
internal temp was 140 at that time BUT i dont know how long it took to get there .
Have it at 225 now where it should be ... IS THIS GOING TO BE SAFE TO EAT !!!!!!
i will cook to IT of 205 before i pull it but am cautious as if it will be safe to eat or did i ruin my SUNDAY DINNER !!!!!
any help appreciated
Goliath :)

 

[Brokenhandle]

Did you inject it? Or did you take it straight from package, apply seasoning, and put it in smoker? I would say it's fine if you didn't inject it...the bacteria would have been killed off in that amount of time.

Ryan

 

[JckDanls 07]

First questions gonna be...

Did you inject it ?
Is the thermometer the only thing you have stuck into the meat ?

edit to say.. Brokenhandle has ya covered... carry on if not injected ...

 

[goliath]

DRY RUB only ... damn its a nice piece of meat and no motherinlaw to test it on LMAO
thanks for your input .. smoker is climbing nicely now !!

 

[goliath]

thermometer is all that is in meat .. 2 actually .. 1 for my Auburns controller and 1 for my Maveric so i can read it from the house

 

[cmayna]

What brand/model smoker? Auburns controller? Did you mean Auber? Just trying to figure out why the smoker never reached your desired 225*

 

[goliath]

home built freezer conversion smoker .,.. i usually bring it up to temp with an auxillary burner then switch to just the Auber controler so i guess the 1 heating element wasnt keeping up
as it is very warm here right now i thought i could get away with it ... so it shows what i get FOR THINKING !!!

 

[cmayna]

How many watts is the element? Historically, have you been able to get the temp in the smoker up to similar 225 temps with no problem? In similar weather temps?

 

[goliath]

its the element that was always recommended on the forum for home built smokers.. and its a pretty big smoker