Need advice on current butt cook... too long in the danger zone?

Unknown

OK.. I put a 6.5lb'er (boneless) on last night @ 10PM. Initially the internal was about 36-40 right out of fridge, rubbed and on the egg @ ~225. At 1:30am I went to bed the egg was cruising at ~225 still and the internal was 111.[p]I woke up at 6:10, the egg had dropped to 180 and the internal was just at 141![p]I open then vents and got the tmep to 225-250 by 6:30am... but the internal temp of the butt just started to rise @ 7:15 am.[p]Now, I don't know if the temp made it over 140 then dropped or (more likely) the butt cruised way too slowly to its current temp.[p]Now the overall question... DO I JUNK THE BUTT...in the mane of safety. I do have dinner guests coming over later this afternoon. Maybe I'll have to sdisaappoint them and serve something else...[p]THanks for your opinions.[p]BRian[p]

mad max beyond eggdome

Nardi,
if your egg never dropped below 180 (and i doubt that between 1:30 and 6:30 that could have happenend and then come back up to 180), then i doubt that your butt ever reversed temps. .. more important, the surface area of your butt was probably much higher. .. .imho you are just fine. . i would keep on cruising along if i was you. . .[p]btw, if they keel over dead tonight, don't blame me

Unknown

as long as you ultimately get to a safe internal temperature, there is no danger.[p]cheers

Borders

Nardi, been there, done that. Just keep cooking to target temp, and enjoy.

Unknown

Borders,[p]Thanks for the input fellas, I think the butt may have just plateaued very early... the temp has been rising steadily since the 141 stall... it is now at 183 and chugging along just fine.[p]Brian[p]