# Cook Time Left been in Estimating for 7 hours **URL:** https://community.inkbird.com/t/cook-time-left-been-in-estimating-for-7-hours/167130 **Category:** Questions & Answers **Tags:** food-thermometers **Created:** [May 3, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://community.inkbird.com/t/cook-time-left-been-in-estimating-for-7-hours/167130 "2026-05-03T03:35:02Z") **Posts on this page:** 2 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![NIGHTDONKEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bb73d2/32.png) [@NIGHTDONKEY](https://community.inkbird.com/u/NIGHTDONKEY) #### Post date: [May 3, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://community.inkbird.com/t/cook-time-left-been-in-estimating-for-7-hours/167130/1 "2026-05-03T03:35:02Z")
Hi people. I have the 14s-BW first time using and i cannot get the cook time remaining to work. On a smoker @120C cooking pork butt. Been steady temp. Wifi and Bluetooth are full but the cook time is stuck estimating. Reset the device and app. Did a new cooking program and still thr same. Any ideas? ![19794](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/inkbird1/original/2X/f/f2a223f83ddb37fd3de7d92cc0fec013877a5bc7.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![Tania](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.inkbird.com/tania/32/88_2.png) [@Tania](https://community.inkbird.com/u/Tania) #### Post date: [May 13, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://community.inkbird.com/t/cook-time-left-been-in-estimating-for-7-hours/167130/2 "2026-05-13T07:16:38Z")
Hello, The remaining cooking time display requires the following two conditions to be met: 1. The phone must remain on the page displaying the remaining cooking time (i.e., the screenshot you provided). It cannot be exited to the INKBIRD app homepage. Otherwise, re-entering this page will reset the timer. 2. After opening the page displaying the remaining cooking time, the probe’s latest temperature must be more than 6°C higher than when the page was opened. If the temperature does not change, or the change is small, it will not be able to calculate.