Got a 8.8# pork butt cooking at 225* in a WSM with a DIGIQ to control the temp.Crutched it with butchers paper at 160(ish) after ten hours and added new Kingsford blue coals.Now it's stalled at 171* for the last two hours and don't know why it will not go up to pulling temp of 205*.Is this normal?.
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You will make it. Every piece of meat is different. The rule is 1.5 hrs per lb but it could be more and could be less. Hang in there.
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While every piece of meat is different, I’m wondering if your Digiq probe might be malfunctioning. I routinely cook on a ceramic without wrapping at 225, and 10#ers are usually finished in 12-14 hours. The internal temp is typically at 180 by the 10 hour mark.
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Normal? Yes, and there could be more than one stall if you stay at 225°. There is moisture escaping from the butt and at 225° there isn't enough difference in temps to evaporate it before it causes the stall. If you bump the temp up or wrap it, that will help end the stall.
And 205° is not the magic temp. It's done when a probe goes in like a knife in warm butter. That could be anywhere between 195° and 210°, but is normally in the low 200s.
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We need to establish a Pitmaster Club 24/7 crisis hotline for our brethren experiencing their first stall, and pepper the sidebars with public service announcements raising stall-panic awareness.
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Originally posted by hoovarmin View PostWe need to establish a Pitmaster Club 24/7 crisis hotline for our brethren experiencing their first stall, and pepper the sidebars with public service announcements raising stall-panic awareness.
The reverse problem is wrapping for the first time and being shocked at how fast it comes out of the stall!
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