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You are fine, your next move should be to enjoy a beverage in anticipation of some good pulled pork :laugh:

welcome to the forum sounds like you will be fine.. enjoy

i usually start hotter and drop temps just like you did, it will create a nice bark. when it gets past 180 i jack the temps back to 300, its going to be fine, i would hold the 225 dome temp now since you started hot, it will take a long time to hit 180 internal

It scares you when your heat is up and the internal starts going up and you start doing math in your head....it's been a couple hours and the internal temp has risen 50 degrees,,,,,ut oh, it's going to be done in 4 hours and it is supposed to be done in 18! What have I done.

Don't think that way. When it hits 160 or so it hits a wall and it takes hours to get it through to 180. You will be tempted to start guessing that your thermometer is wrong so you better jack up the temps etc. Don't do it! Wait it out. Then if you are in a hurry, finish it a little higher once it hits about 180.

Truly, you can't screw up a butt!