HELP - Pork shoulder - Fire went out - Is it safe?

BBQbadge

I placed a couple 8# shoulders on around 4pm and had the egg nicely at 230 dome when we left for fireworks around 6pm tonight.

When I got home around 11pm, the fire was out and around 120 dome and the butt was 134F in the center. I'm guessing the fire went out shortly after we left. I quickly re-fired and am going to cook overnight, but was wondering if these will be safe to eat tomorrow?

Firetruck

If it were mine I'd cook it and eat it. I don't think you were outside the safety zone very long. But that's a call you will have to make. For future reference, keep the dome at 250. It will not likely go out at that temp. Also make sure your gauge is calibrated.

thailandjohn

I would have no problem with eating the pork butts....this is one of the reasons I love my Stoker. I can leave for hours and check the progress of the cook on my phone or iPad

Egghead-Sooner

I would probably eat it, im not food scientist but i would guess cooking it to 200 -210* would kill any harmful particles. Ignore the troll on the board, just here to get himself off.