This plateau is gonna kill me

[Jeffr Hode]

This plateau is gonna kill me. I put an 8.5 lb picnic on last night at 9pm. Holding steady at 235 I turned in and woke to the temps at 252 with the pork at 160 at 2am. I closed the vents abit and went to bed. at 6am the temps were 210,pork was at 158. by 12 noon the temp of the meat was still bouncing between 158-160......and the finally moved on after I added more fuel and overshot to 270 briefly. That temp was holding pretty steady for near 10 hours ! Of course when the pit temp dropped it prolonged the waiting, but holy crow....I didn't think I could take it much longer.

jeff

 

[Greg Rempe]

Jeff, my longest plateau shows up at the 180 mark. Seems to take forever to get to 195 once it hits 180. Really haven't seen a 160 plateau of any longevity yet! Patience is a virtue, and I hate her!!

 

[Jeffr Hode]

mistake

 

[Susan Z]

I had at least a 10 hour plateau on my butts at 160----ended up doing an oven finish to beat the clock (and thank goodness it worked out ok, they were super). I think it was that long, long plateau that made these outstanding. Yours should be great!