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Somewhat urgent help needed with Boston Butt

ryams27
ryams27 Posts: 2
edited May 2016 in EggHead Forum
I smoked an 8 pound butt overnight and took it off at an internal temp of 198 at about 5:15 a.m.  Because I was incredibly sleepy (and not as prepared as I should've been - first overnight cook in a couple of years), I simply foiled it and stuck it in the microwave to rest.  

Naturally, it's cooled off significantly since then.  My question: should I try to pull it as is, or should I put back on the Egg (or in the oven) to warm it up some & then pull?  

Cooking for my in-laws and friends on Memorial Day and really don't wanna screw this up!
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  • smbishop
    smbishop Posts: 3,061
    If it is still above 140, you could wrap in warm towels and put in a pre-heated cooler for a few hours...
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  • hoosier_egger
    hoosier_egger Posts: 6,808
    So it's been in the microwave for 6 hours? I'd probe it and see what the internal temp is. If the fat has started to congeal it won't pull very well
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,891
    For me, easier (by an order of magnitude) to pull when hot-don't know your current temp.  If cooled by now, then I would reheat and then pull.  FWIW-
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    edited May 2016
    um.  so six hours between 40-140?

    you would have been much better off to put it in a cooler or even keep it on a low egg (or oven).

    i am normally pretty flexible w/r/t over conservative notions re food safety, but i am on the fence on this one.

    you shouldn't be keeping food between 40-140 for a long while, because it is the perfect temp for bacteria. baaaaaad idea just plopping it in the microwave (a place that sees raw food, ostensibly)

    except, well, you cooked the thing, and i am assuming you didn't sneeze on it or roll it around in raw chicken.

    but botulism and cereal bacteria (rub?) can form spores that survive cook temps and kick in when foods get back to room temp.

    so.  although i would eat it, i can't "advise" you in good conscience that it is perfectly safe.  though it probably is.

    all that aside....

    always better to pull and reheat the pulled stuff.  otherwise you risk drying the exterior of the meat while waiting all that time to get the core back up in temp
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  • ryams27
    ryams27 Posts: 2
    Thanks for all the helpful responses.  I am so stupid for not going ahead and pulling it this morning, but I barely knew where I was.  
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  • milesvdustin
    milesvdustin Posts: 2,882
    Youll be alright, just heat it up and eat it
     

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    milesvdustin said:
    Youll be alright, just heat it up and eat it
     
    not quite how it works with bacteria.....


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