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Here are two pork butts I smoked at 150 (because my main element is out) for 18 hours with a light rub (tony chacheres,slap yo mama white pepper,garlic power,onion powder, covered with frenchs yellow mustard) sprayed during smoking process with water bottle mixed of ( tony chacheres,John boy and bill hot & spicy grillin sauce,tad of balsamic vinegar,squeezed orange,onion pwdr,garlic pwdr,water) Then place in pan covered and put on grill at about 280 until internal temp reaches 190. wrap and settle for 45 minutes then pull. Pucks were hickory with the 7th puck being Apple.. That makes me smile.. ;)
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Did someone leave that on your door step?
Help us out here Bobby! ;D
Edit .. Please see above post!!!! ;D
Ahhh.
Got smoke from the Bradley and then finished in a different grill.
That works.
Yes sir, Not big on wrapping anymore but you gotta do what you gotta do.
That'll work.
Got them hunks of pork pulled yet?
Niiiiiiice!!!!
Yes sir and it was amazing.. That was just breaking in my OBS after cleaning up my mess from having the damper closed. Amazing what a difference it made leaving the damper at least half way open.
I took my vent off! 8)
I have buzzers and bells going off and red flags waving all over the place here!! 18 hours at 150º. Did you have some sort of cure on the meat? That seems like an awful long time for the meat to be in the danger zone without it. I would be afraid of the nasties that took hold on them chunks of meat.
I saw alot of you veterans have done that.. Maybe my next step..
Hey Bobby...
I have 3 Bradley's (2) Stainless Steel and (1) DBS 6 Rack and I took my vents off all three.
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Tenpoint the real danger zone is 40-140 for nasties. at 150 on the door and little higher actually in the unit everything has been fine and always has been but i wouldn't do poultry at that. I do use a saltwater cure at times. To be honest I never smoke above 200 anyways. I like it low and slow.
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on September 14, 2011, 10:05:17 AM
I have buzzers and bells going off and red flags waving all over the place here!! 18 hours at 150º. Did you have some sort of cure on the meat? That seems like an awful long time for the meat to be in the danger zone without it. I would be afraid of the nasties that took hold on them chunks of meat.
Ditto
Sorry cajun, you got allot of us old timers scratching our heads. I been smoking since 1977 and seen it all but this beats me :o
I understand your confusion. I was going by the door temp not the inside temp and by No way was the meat in the smoker for a full 18 hours. The process took 18 hours. Not everyone has PID's in the rigs and with the load of meat in there it affects the door thermometer. I should have been more clear on the process. I have been doing this for a long time as well and i have never had a problem. I appreciate all your concerns.
Ahhh, you're fine... Even if it did drop to 140- at times, any nasties would start to form on the surface and been killed in that last step.