Safe Pork Butt Temperatures

[Guest]

Question for the Masters. I put two pork butts on the smoker last night at 8:00PM that were still partially frozen (I didn't realize that at the time). My meat temperature read 27 degrees and the smoker registered 220. 4 hours later the meat registered 116 and the smoker read 250. When I woke up at 5:00AM the smoker was humming along at 223 and the meat registered 156. It is now 10:15AM and the meat is at 174 and the smoker is at 250. You've got to love this little smoker!!!

Should I be worried that it took so many hours for the meat to gain in temperature or do you think it is safe to eat?

Thanks to all that are willing to share their knowledge!

 

[Craig Castille]

I am hardly an expert....but it sounds like everything should be A OK.

Others have done frozen butts before w/o problems.

 

[JimT]

Ditto that!

JimT