Is my pork butt ok??

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coppermouse

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Last night I took a 12 # pork butt out of the deep freeze. It was frozen solid. I accidentally forgot it on the kitchen table for about 11 hours at room temp. I came home and put it in the fridge. It was cold to the touch ca 50-60 degrees.
Is it still ok to use?
I am planning to slow cook it all day long on the grill on low heat
 
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Nope...and what a shame too. 50-60 is not cold to the touch. 30- 40 is. If it was 40 degrees I'd tell you that you got lucky, dodged a pork bullet and to get it into the fridge immediately. But, 50-60 is too warm. My best guess is that it had been over 40 degrees for more than 2 hours, which is all the window of opportunity you have.
 
Ok thanks for the super quick reply. I am not going to risk 15 quests getting sick for a few bucks
 
Do these jeans make my pork butt look fat?

In all honesty, if it were me, I would cook it and eat it. But when someone else asks me, I say what Vera said, when in doubt throw it out!
Tragic as the waste is, better safe than sorry in the end. But I also know in that case I wouldn't slow cook it either because that would probably make it even worse or more risky.
Just out of curiosity, did you take its temp with a meat thermometer or just guess at its current temp before putting it back in the fridge?
 
I tried to take the temp with one of those Radio Shack digital themomters for measuring room temp with an external probe. The probe was changing, and I think it stabilized, but the batteries died. The last reading was 60 but it felt colder, but I don't trust my fingers to be accurate.
 
Maybe I will cook it well and feed it to the hounds, I know they have eaten much worse out in the woods
 
I woould eat it but I would not serve it. When in doubt throw it out.
 

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