Long stall

[BladeFireLight]

How long is to long for a stall to last? The pork shoulder in my smoker has only gone up 11 degreas overnight

[realdocBBQ]

You smoking at 225?

Lower temp, larger cut, longer stall. What kind of cooker, as well?

Is 'overnight' like from 7P to 7A or from 12A to 6A?

6-8 hours isn't unheard of in some cases.

Wrap it, or crank the temp. That'll push it through.

[BladeFireLight]

It's an old master built.
I have the temp at 240 acroding to my grill temp probe
It rained if an on most the night but grill temp held steady.
I have 4x 5lb shoulders
Both meat thermometers held steady at 140 from 8pm to 6am
With the sun coming up it's finally rising. It reads 153 now

[Sweaty Paul]

Likely with rain the ambient humidity was up and that probably didn't help you and prolonged the stall some too.

[RonB]

All my long cooks are around 275°. I will bump it up from there if I am worried about time. I haven't gone over 300° - yet.

[smokenoob]

No two butts are alike. I’ve had em take 11-16 hours, no difference in prep or cook 🤔

[realdocBBQ]

No two butts are alike. I’ve had em take 11-16 hours, no difference in prep or cook 🤔

I've had a ~10lb pork butt take 20-22 hours on a 225F cook. Now I do 275 exclusively. Saves time, have had zero problems with dryness or reduction in quality. I never do 225 anymore, except maybe at the very beginning of a cook on the pellet cooker, maybe to try to get more smoke on it, for a couple-three hours.

[Sweaty Paul]

I too have abandoned 225. I usually just throw mine on my Yoder when I turn the thing on and then run it at 250.

I've found that the stall seems much longer on the Primo. I suspect it's because the Primo/Kamado style cookers are so tight that the humidity stays higher in the cooking vessel.

[captainlee]

Yep, some just plow through the stall and others really stall driving you crazy.

[CRO]

I always run 250 - 300 on my Weber with SNS.
I did a 3 lb chuckie yesterday and it took 6+ hours.

[LA Pork Butt]

I typically do 10# pork buts overnight for 12-14 hours at 225. The typical stall is at least 6 hours. I figure about 3 hours to 160, 6 hours to 180 and 3 hours to 200.