Fridge door left open

[sc0tt]

I’ve had a shocker, left the fridge door open overnight.

The food in there isn’t cold this morning. How much of it needs to be thrown away and will any of the meat be unsafe to eat?

[Cudd Wudd]

Very annoying and hard to know, but you could become a guinea pig for us all and provide invaluable future advice for others in the same predicament via updates to this thread.

Keep and eat it all as the week progresses, keep a log (paper kind preferred) and report back. Good luck!

[sc0tt]

I’ve had the chicken thighs out to marinate for this afternoon, they were still cool to touch. Should be fine right...

[21TonyK]

Anything at back will most likely be fine, closer to the door eat asap. "overnight" probably means at an unsafe temp for 6 hours, its really only high risk foods like cooked meats or things close to use by date that will be affected. Eat the chicken today and you'll survive.

[sc0tt]

21TonyK said:

Anything at back will most likely be fine, closer to the door eat asap. "overnight" probably means at an unsafe temp for 6 hours, its really only high risk foods like cooked meats or things close to use by date that will be affected. Eat the chicken today and you'll survive.

Thanks Tony appreciate your response. Easter bbq is not ruined!

[21TonyK]

sc0tt said:

21TonyK said:

Anything at back will most likely be fine, closer to the door eat asap. "overnight" probably means at an unsafe temp for 6 hours, its really only high risk foods like cooked meats or things close to use by date that will be affected. Eat the chicken today and you'll survive.

Thanks Tony appreciate your response. Easter bbq is not ruined!

No problem, as long as everything was stored correctly up to that point and nothing is obviously hanging it will be fine just make sure its cooked properly.

To give you an idea I purposefuly left todays beef joint out overnight to get it up to room temp to start cooking at 6:30 this morning.

[sc0tt]

21TonyK said:

sc0tt said:

21TonyK said:

Anything at back will most likely be fine, closer to the door eat asap. "overnight" probably means at an unsafe temp for 6 hours, its really only high risk foods like cooked meats or things close to use by date that will be affected. Eat the chicken today and you'll survive.

Thanks Tony appreciate your response. Easter bbq is not ruined!

No problem, as long as everything was stored correctly up to that point and nothing is obviously hanging it will be fine just make sure its cooked properly.

To give you an idea I purposefuly left todays beef joint out overnight to get it up to room temp to start cooking at 6:30 this morning.

Thanks, all stored correctly yes, just need the fridge to get up to speed now.

[LordHaveMurci]

If it looks Ok & smells Ok it’s erm, probably Ok!

[dundarach]

anonymous said:

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I wondered that too, smelt it, tasted it, curried it!

[Bill]

They ate less meat, generally soon after it was slaughtered. Or cured it in some way.

[thebraketester]

anonymous said:

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They went shopping more frequently.

[unident]

anonymous said:

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Based on the fact they’re all dead now, I’d say it wasn’t safe. I might not be drawing the right conclusion though, as I’m not a scientist.

[essayer]

Hope it smells better than when we went away for a week and came back to find the freezer door open

[GilletteFan]

I've had this happen before. I usually test out the meats by making a meal of them and see whether or not there are any adverse bodily effects.

Of course, I do not recommend this if you have leftovers from three nights earlier in the fridge. I'm talking about fresh meats here.

[Evoluzione]

anonymous said:

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Various things. Chicken was eaten quickly compared to Pheasant which could be hung a few days before prep. Beef does well too and gets better with age.
Salting was one method and in the Victorian era ice was actually imported and icehouses were built in the grounds of many upmarket houses.

[soad]

Mine mostly contains beer.

[944 Man]

sc0tt said:

I’ve had a shocker, left the fridge door open overnight.

I thought that it was cold this morning...

I left a partially defrosted turkey crown out in my warm kitchen last night. It wasn't defrosting sufficiently quickly in the fridge. It is mostly around 5° with the inside around freezing. Room temperature is 21°/24° hallway/kitchen, despite your leaving the door open.

I am happy to eat mine and I am confident that yours will be alright too, but you can check the temperature yourself to make sure.

[Short Grain]

soad said:

Mine mostly contains beer.

Warm beer, that would be a disaster

[V8mate]

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