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I have a question for the Traeger Users here - newbie mistake
Posted on 12/31/22 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 12/31/22 at 12:19 pm
I put on two Boston butts last night at midnight, with a full hopper. I finally went to bed about 4am and woke at 11am. I check on the butts and realize I’m out of pellets. It’s in lower temp alarm. I do not know how long it’s been like this. The internal temp of the butts are 105. I don’t know how high it got this morning. The internal temp was 80 deg when I went to bed.
Are the butts ruined? I have it back lit and cooking.
What sucks is I don’t have it connected to my phone yet, so I cannot track it.
Are the butts ruined? I have it back lit and cooking.
What sucks is I don’t have it connected to my phone yet, so I cannot track it.
This post was edited on 12/31/22 at 12:25 pm
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Posted on 12/31/22 at 12:25 pm to theantiquetiger
Since
Then
= Yes
On the positive side, congrats on being one of the few to frick up the "easy bake oven" version of meat smoking.
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I do not know how long it’s been like this
Then
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Are the butts ruined?
= Yes
On the positive side, congrats on being one of the few to frick up the "easy bake oven" version of meat smoking.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 12:27 pm to Rouge
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On the positive side, congrats on being one of the few to admit to fricking up the "easy bake oven" version of meat smoking.
FIFY
Posted on 12/31/22 at 12:58 pm to Rouge
quote:
= Yes
Why?
I'd fill the hopper back up and cook them through. That hopper isn't going to burn through in an hour or two. They couldn't have been in a bad state for too long.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 1:02 pm to theantiquetiger
Thing must have a small hopper if you burnt through the whole thing in less than 12 hours
This post was edited on 12/31/22 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 12/31/22 at 1:14 pm to Saskwatch
quote:
= Yes
Why?
Because food at less than 135F for as short as one hour can lead to harmful bacterial growth. Just not worth the risk to me.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 1:15 pm to theantiquetiger
My reaction would have been frick now it’s going to take longer. I never would’ve even considered the meat was bad. Just fired it back up and crack a beer.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 1:16 pm to Dtiger19
I probably would have touched the outside and made the call moreso than worrying about internal temp. If the outside was ambient I would have called it a loss.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 2:04 pm to Saskwatch
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I'd fill the hopper back up and cook them through. That hopper isn't going to burn through in an hour or two. They couldn't have been in a bad state for too long.
That’s what I did. The grill was still at 90 deg, so it couldn’t have been long.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 2:44 pm to theantiquetiger
The chemicals in those chinese pellets will probably do more harm than bad pork.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 4:39 pm to theantiquetiger
How the hell did you go through a full hopper of pellet that fast. When I do an overnight brisket I usually put it on around 9PM and check it around 7 - 9AM the next morning and I still have at least 1/2 hopper. I run my temp at 200F for brisket.
Posted on 12/31/22 at 4:53 pm to theantiquetiger
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I put on two Boston butts last night at midnight, with a full hopper. I finally went to bed about 4am and woke at 11am. I check on the butts and realize I’m out of pellets.
Maybe because it was 4:00 AM but you didn’t start with a full hopper.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 5:12 am to ForLSU56
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How the hell did you go through a full hopper of pellet that fast. When I do an overnight brisket I usually put it on around 9PM and check it around 7 - 9AM the next morning and I still have at least 1/2 hopper. I run my temp at 200F for brisket.
My 1st thought.
I run mine at 225° and have never had my hopper go empty on a brisket.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 8:10 am to theantiquetiger
That’s an impressive feat on a Traeger. 
Good news is you won’t do it again.
Good news is you won’t do it again.
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:00 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 1/1/23 at 9:06 am to theantiquetiger
You cooked them for 4 hours and didn’t get the temp past 105?
How big were these butts?
How big were these butts?
Posted on 1/1/23 at 1:57 pm to theantiquetiger
I doubt it's ruined especially if the temp was 90 on the grill. I would be sure to get it up to around 205 and hold it there for 30 min or so before pulling. In theory you'll kill any bacteria that happened to form once you get over 140. Now if it had set at room temp over a few hrs then I'd have a different opinion.
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