Stall when smoking pulled pork ?

[smokingeagle]

This weekend I smoked (2) 7.5lbs pork shoulders. I noticed after 2 hours i was up to 100 degrees and the third hour it was 125 degrees. When i checked it at hours 4,5,6 it was still only up to 128 degrees. My questions is the meat didnt get over 140 and 4 hours so do you think the pulled pork will be safe to eat. I checked the meat with 2 different instant read thermometers. The uds was chugging along at 250 degrees.

 

[meateater]

Something doesn't seem right, I can get a 20 pound turkey in the safe zone in 3 1/2 hours on my UDS at 250*, I've done it twice in cold weather. Maybe you hit a bone when you checked the temp. I smoke large butts and shoulders alot and just cruise though them, of course the stall will happen but I always get the 40-140 in 4 hours no problem.Maybe a few pics of your smoker will help. 

 If you were at 128* at 6 hours I'd toss it, but that's just me. Sorry

 

[bmudd14474]

If you were at 250 I would tell you to check the thermometers you were using. I cant imagine if you were at 250 that you would not be at a good temp.

when was the first time you put the prob in to check the meat? If it was at 4 hours then at that point you only need to have the outside 1/2" of the meat above 140. And at 250 I would think you were there.

 

[venture]

You could be OK.  I hope you didn't put the temp probes in raw meat.  If you did that, you have the four hour rule to cause you problems.  If you waited a while, the meat will be done when it is done. Be sure to take it to high internal temps.

Good luck and good smoking.

 

[flyweed]

yeah...I can't imagine that a butt would stall out at 128F...normally it'll do that around the 160F mark.  something doesn't seem right.  What type of thermometers are you using?  I have a thermopen instant read...they are pricey, but I suggest them to everyone I talk to..as they are dead on accurate and reliable.

Dan

 

[shooter1]

Have to agree with all of the above. I would check the thermometers for accuracy. Maybe the UDS was actually much lower than 250°. The butts you did weren't that big at 7.5 lbs.

 

[rbranstner]

I would double check all of your thermometers and make sure they are reading accurate.Something doesn't seem right. Make sure you also check the thermometer in the smoker.