Left meatloaf out

[Oneilln]

I smoked some meatloaf yesterday for dinner and it was just so delicious. I accidentally left the container of leftovers out on the counter overnight until 9am when I woke up and walked out. My instinct and really common sense says I shouldn’t take the chance of putting it in the fridge and eating it later but it’s so good that I can’t help but think about it. Thoughts? Would it be safe?

 

[Mike From R.I.]

When in doubt, throw it out. Not worth getting sick.

 

[Steve In Pa]

When in doubt, throw it out. Not worth getting sick.

Yea this is a tough one to be definitive on. There’s so many variables.
We keep stuff in the fridge probably longer than a lot would.
W sometimes let stuff out overnight until it cools. That would be beef products.
Fish and seafood don’t get near that much leeway.
Then there’s my mentor from decades ago who’d let his pheasants hang by then neck in the basement. Once the bodies were ready to fall off he’d consider them ready to eat. Nope…not me.

 

[jimboslice]

40-140 is the temperature danger zone for over 4 hours... with that being said I have put things in the fridge over night anfter forgetting to put them away.

 

[Oneilln]

Well as a long overdue update, I bit the bullet and threw it away. I shed a tear while dumping a pound of delicious meat brick in the trash

 

[Dooch]

I would have reheated to 165 or more, and eaten it.