First time with pulled pork, I started at 1:00pm yesterday with two 8lb pork butts, coated with CYM and dry rub, loaded the DBS and smoked wIth apple wood for 4 hours set the temp @ 200f. When i went to bed @ 10:30pm the internal temp on the lower butt was 141f. Woke up @ 5:30am smoker was off internal temp was 70f, forgot to increase the timer. IS THIS BATCH HISTORY,i rest the timer and turned on the heat WHAT DO I DO NOW ,I DONT WANT TO PLAY WITH BOTULISM??
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Others here may differ in opinion, but since you have no idea how much time the meat was @ 70F, if it was me, I would toss it and start over. I don't know what temp you would have to take it to to kill off anything that might have grown...
IMHO, The price of 2 pork butts is just not worth the risk.
Thanks, i thought the same i guess i just needed to hear it from someone else, oh well another lesson learned. Time to break out the ribs to save the party. :)
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I've never done that....ok once or twice,but I'm with FL better safe than sick. Toss and start again, as its said stuff happens!
C
Toss it. I'm over cautious but since you have no idea what its temp history is better safe than sorry. A day vomiting etc is no fun (FYI nothing I've smoked has made me sick).
easy answer , i`ve done the time on the throne . TOSS it , you don`t want to go there
toss it as far as you can......... not worth the risk.
Jeff