Did I ever mess up

[CarolinaQue]

I don't know what concerns me more...the fact that someone would even consider getting an opinion after it's been sitting for 17 hours in a very rich bacteria growth enviroment or the fact that people would even support the idea of eating it after the fact???

It's not even worth the risk. I'd take the $50 monetary loss and the time it took to cook it as a hard learned lesson and nothing more. I don't think that you'd want the horrifics of food poisoning on top it!!!

 

[Lake Dogs]

^^^ he never mentioned temps. I *could* be that it was basically in a warmer all night, even better than being in a cambro, etc. OR, it could be VERY VERY bad, at room temperature in a bacteria rich environment.

 

[CarolinaQue]

^^^ he never mentioned temps. I *could* be that it was basically in a warmer all night, even better than being in a cambro, etc. OR, it could be VERY VERY bad, at room temperature in a bacteria rich environment.

Frome his original post:

"I left a tray of butts in the oven where it was placed to cool down."

I don't know to many people that put food in a warm oven to "cool it down"...do you?

 

[Cook]

^^^ he never mentioned temps. I *could* be that it was basically in a warmer all night, even better than being in a cambro, etc. OR, it could be VERY VERY bad, at room temperature in a bacteria rich environment.

He said he left it in the oven "to cool". I take that to mean the oven was off...no cambro...no warmer.

Eating potentially hazardous food after 17 hours of suspect temperatures is not smart...SUGGESTING someone do so is just completely ridiculous.

 

[Lake Dogs]

ok, you're right. my bad.

17 hours, way way way too long.

 

[TheMidnightSmoker]

If you eat it and do not get sick you might be more relaxed in the future to do the same-and maybe even within a worse case scenero. This is the best time to set a standard of practice and do NOT Deviate. Throw it Out!

 

[deguerre]

Trash bin. Immediately.

 

[The Pigman]

After posting this i thought wow i accually asked that they went in the garbage........yes I had way two many the cambro was holding 18 butts that I was delievering and the other butts that were going to be chilled were already in refrig. and these were the last ones off and i told my son to place them in the turned off oven to cool till I got back from del. and forgot about them..............

 

[jasrub]

Reminded me of a Seinfeld episode

Frank: Inchon, Korea, 1950. I was the best cook Uncle Sam ever saw, slinging
hash for the Fighting 103rd. As we marched north, our supply lines were getting
thin. One day a couple of GIs found a crate, inside were six hundred pounds of
prime Texas steer. At least it once was prime. The Use date was three weeks
past, but I was arrogant, I was brash, I thought if I used just the right
spices, cooked it long enough...

Kramer: What happened?

Frank: I went too far. I over seasoned it. Men were keeling over all around
me. I can still hear the retching, the screaming. I sent sixteen of my own men
to the latrines that night. They were just boys.

Kramer: Frank, you were a boy too. And it was war. It was a crazy time for
everyone.

Frank: Tell that to Bobby Colby. All that kid wanted to do was go home. Well
he went home alright, with a crater in his colon the size of a cutlet. Had to
sit him on a cork the eighteen-hour flight home!

 

[Star-B-Que]

When in doubt, throw it out! Don't take a chance. 17 hours is too long and not safe.

 

[ODU Dad]

One more vote for eating it.