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How long to smoke at 300°F

At 300°F, the 21 cuts take from

15min to 7h 50min

Shortest
salmon
15–25 min
Longest
pork butt
4 h 45 min – 7 h 50 min · at 8 lb

Every cut at 300°F

Bars run on a 12-hour scale: solid to the lower estimate, pale to the upper. Cuts timed by the pound are shown at their middle weight.
Cut Time at 300°F Pull · FDA
Beef
brisket smoking times at 9 lb 5 h 25 min 195°FFDA 145°F
tri-tip smoking times 1 h 5 min 130°FFDA 145°F
prime rib at 7 lb 1 h 45 min – 2 h 40 min 130°FFDA 145°F
burgers smoking times 30 min 160°FFDA 160°F
beef back ribs 2 h 5 min – 2 h 40 min 195°FFDA 145°F
chuck roast 4 h 10 min – 5 h 20 min 205°FFDA 145°F
steak times 20–30 min 130°FFDA 145°F
short ribs smoking times 3 h 5 min – 4 h 15 min 200°FFDA 145°F
meatloaf 1 h 35 min 160°FFDA 160°F
Pork
pork butt smoking times at 8 lb 4 h 45 min – 7 h 50 min 195–203°FFDA 145°F
baby back ribs smoking times 2 h 35 min – 3 h 165–195°FFDA 145°F
pork loin smoking times 2 h 5 min 145°FFDA 145°F
pork tenderloin smoking times 1 h 5 min 145°FFDA 145°F
spare ribs 3 h 10 min 195°FFDA 145°F
Poultry
whole turkey times at 14 lb 3 h 20 min – 5 h 10 min 165°FFDA 165°F
whole chicken smoking times at 4 lb 2 h 10 min 165°FFDA 165°F
chicken wings 1 h – 1 h 20 min 175°FFDA 165°F
chicken thighs smoking times 1 h – 1 h 20 min 165–175°FFDA 165°F
chicken breast at 2 lb 45 min 165°FFDA 165°F
chicken legs smoking times 1 h 20 min 175°FFDA 165°F
Fish
salmon 15–25 min 145°FFDA 145°F

Everything at one temperature

Sources

Figures built September 2026.

Where these figures come from (6)
  • Cook times: Masterbuilt, “Smoking Time and Temperature Guide”, retrieved from https://www.masterbuilt.com/blogs/master-it-blog/smoking-time-temperature-guide on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Cook times: Traeger, “Best Smoked Turkey”, retrieved from https://www.traeger.com/learn/how-to-smoke-turkey on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Cook times: Traeger, “Prime Rib Cooking Times & Guide”, retrieved from https://www.traeger.com/learn/how-to-cook-prime-rib on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Cook times: ThermoWorks, “Smoked Pulled Pork: Delicious Results in Almost Half the Time”, retrieved from https://blog.thermoworks.com/pulled-pork-time-temperature-matters/ on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Cook times: Smoking-Meat.com, “Smoking Times and Temperatures Chart”, retrieved from https://www.smoking-meat.com/smoking-times-and-temperatures-chart on 2026-09-23. Restated as numbers and normalised to 225°F by the formula on this site; no text or table is reproduced.
  • Safe minimum internal temperatures: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “Safe Minimum Internal Temperatures”, August 2017, retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/media/107000/download on 2026-09-23.

Times are estimates for planning. Meat is done when a food thermometer reads the safe minimum internal temperature, not when a timer ends.