4 hour danger zone

taylorb

Need some advice please.  I used a Thermoworks Smoke, but the meat probe didn’t work - it was reading -17*.  I put 2 8ish lbs butts on @ around 9 last night.  They were in the fridge all day until around 8 when I started to prep them and the grill.

I was having some temp swings (i need a new gasket), and the alarm went off on me a couple of times.  Finally had my grill temp settled in at around 225 and went to be around 12 - 12;30.  4:00 rolls around, and the Smoke alarm goes off at 190.

go outside and open things up and check my internals on the butts, and they are reading around 150.  I did not look at my dome temp till sometime after the 4 o’clock alarm, and now I notice a temp diff between the dome therm and the smoke - by over 40* - the dome being LOWER.

anyway, what’s others thoughts about the safety of the 4 to 140 rule with pork?

lkapigian

It’s fine, cook to completion , not a worry especially whole muscle 

You can sous vide for days at that temp

CornfedMA

What he said. 

JohnInCarolina

Anyone else hearing Kenny Loggins inside their heads right now?

lkapigian

JohnInCarolina said:

Anyone else hearing Kenny Loggins inside their heads right now?

Lol, thanks John , now I’ll have it in my head all day

JohnInCarolina

lkapigian said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Anyone else hearing Kenny Loggins inside their heads right now?

Lol, thanks John , now I’ll have it in my head all day

Dondgc

You didn’t ask - but calibrate one thermometer and go with it. Otherwise you will drive yourself crazy trying to reconcile the two thermometers. 

Legume

Dondgc said:

You didn’t ask - but calibrate one thermometer and go with it. Otherwise you will drive yourself crazy trying to reconcile the two thermometers. 

It’s like driving from the GPS on the car and your wife sitting shotgun with Apple Maps open on her phone.  No survivors.

HeavyG

JohnInCarolina said:

lkapigian said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Anyone else hearing Kenny Loggins inside their heads right now?

Lol, thanks John , now I’ll have it in my head all day

I had a different Loggins song pop into mind...

I'm alright
Nobody worry 'bout me

Tho the temps dropped real low

the meat is still safe to eat

dip dip dip dip dip

GrateEggspectations

Thought this thread was going to be about a case of priapism.

Glad everyone is okay! 👌🏻

lkapigian

GrateEggspectations said:

Thought this thread was going to be about a case of priapism.

Glad everyone is okay! 👌🏻

Yes, I googled it