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Is this turkey safe to cook??

chrisc133
chrisc133 Posts: 501
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Well...I bought a frozen turkey on 11/5...put it in the garage fridge to to a "test" run on the Big Easy fryer...and I forgot about it.

Is it safe to cook?--or should I toss?  
Augusta, GA
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MiniMax, Large, XL BGE
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  • Big_Green_Craig
    Big_Green_Craig Posts: 1,578
    I'd figure 5 days to thaw, so it's only been in there for 5 days. If it doesn't small, I'd run it. 
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  • JustineCaseyFeldown
    JustineCaseyFeldown Posts: 867
    unless your fridge temps are screwy, it is fine.


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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,421
    5 days in my garage fridge = still 1/2 frozen
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
    Good to go.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
                                                                                  -Umberto Eco

    2 Large
    Peachtree Corners, GA
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  • Big_Green_Craig
    Big_Green_Craig Posts: 1,578
    *smell
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  • PirateBill
    PirateBill Posts: 259

    I have found that even if it has gone bad all you have to do is microwave it for awhile, the microwave magic kills the bad stuff and if you leave it long enough it "cooks" the bird for you.


    I nuke my thanksgiving birds for like 1.5 hours on popcorn (regardless of weight).  

    Fight like a man so you don't die like a dog

    - Calico Jack Rackham

    1,000 watt Sharp - 1.1 Cu. Ft. Mid-Size Microwave and one sweet steakager (retail 229$) 

    Scruffy City a.k.a. Knoxville, TN.

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  • piney
    piney Posts: 1,478
    Cook It!!
    Lenoir, N.C.
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  • JustineCaseyFeldown
    JustineCaseyFeldown Posts: 867
    PirateBill said:

    I have found that even if it has gone bad all you have to do is microwave it for awhile, the microwave magic kills the bad stuff and if you leave it long enough it "cooks" the bird for you.

    not sure if you are serious or not, but that ain't how it works.  :)

    PirateBill said:

    I nuke my thanksgiving birds for like 1.5 hours on popcorn (regardless of weight).  

    and that just hurts my head. hahaha

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  • Scottborasjr
    Scottborasjr Posts: 3,494
    I would agree with Craig. If it doesn't smell bad it's fine.  It typically takes a turkey or large roast at least 3-5 days to thaw in my fridge.
    I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
    Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. 
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  • Smoker317
    Smoker317 Posts: 238
    edited November 2016
    my freezer is set to zero degrees and it takes every bit of 5-7 days for a complete thaw of a 14 # or so turkey in my beer fridge set at 35 degrees.  There have been plenty of years that after 5 days, my turkey is still partially frozen going into the brine the night before Thanksgiving.  I try and pull my turkey out of the freezer  8-10 days prior to it going into the brine.  Although last year we bought a fresh never frozen turkey so that was easy, however, no one could really tell a difference in the taste though to justify the price difference.
    Egghead since November 2014, XL-BGE & ET-732
    Smobot
    Living near Indy
    36" Blackstone
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  • Bshults1
    Bshults1 Posts: 146
    PirateBill said:

    I have found that even if it has gone bad all you have to do is microwave it for awhile, the microwave magic kills the bad stuff and if you leave it long enough it "cooks" the bird for you.


    I nuke my thanksgiving birds for like 1.5 hours on popcorn (regardless of weight).  

    Wait, what?  
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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,891
    Big_Green_Craig said:
    *smell
    Wise Indian once said" If smell bad, never eat."


    Have:
     XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
    Had:
    LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby

    Fat Willies BBQ
    Ola, Ga

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  • PirateBill
    PirateBill Posts: 259

    @JustineCaseyFeldown and @Bshults1 sometimes when I feel fancy I even add a chunk of wood to the ol nuker no real favorites usually just what I have laying around did a wonderful bird last holiday season with a hint of pressure treated 2x4.    

    Disclaimer: please don't try this as I'm pretty sure what I am describing is pure poison.

    Fight like a man so you don't die like a dog

    - Calico Jack Rackham

    1,000 watt Sharp - 1.1 Cu. Ft. Mid-Size Microwave and one sweet steakager (retail 229$) 

    Scruffy City a.k.a. Knoxville, TN.

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  • BikerBob
    BikerBob Posts: 284
    Pirate Bill
    Creosote railroad ties are the best smoking wood-everybody knows that.

    Bob
    :o
    Don't take this or anything else I say seriously!
    Cooking on the coast
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,589
    it really has to smell really bad for me to toss it out and ive cooked some that had me questioning it =) it has to be gagging a maggot bad, you can use the same test after the pirate cooks it as well ;)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • PirateBill
    PirateBill Posts: 259

    @BikerBob I have tried it in the past and I still prefer the pressure treated 2x4 for the fact that they lessen the violent vomiting (not prevent) and that the 2x4 is a light smoking wood.


    Also tried steel radial tire ... let me save you the time, not a great idea.

    Fight like a man so you don't die like a dog

    - Calico Jack Rackham

    1,000 watt Sharp - 1.1 Cu. Ft. Mid-Size Microwave and one sweet steakager (retail 229$) 

    Scruffy City a.k.a. Knoxville, TN.

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  • chrisc133
    chrisc133 Posts: 501
    Well I opened it up and it smells fine. Throwing it in the Big Easy tonight for a trial run. 
    Augusta, GA
    #BGETEAMGREEN member
    MiniMax, Large, XL BGE
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  • TheBrewerMoose
    TheBrewerMoose Posts: 94
    ya know... if you go to your local Costco or WalMart, they have the fresh birds out right now and the tags say "never frozen".  The tags also say "sell by 11/27/16" or similar date.  Seems to me even if it was a fresh bird laying around in your fridge for the same amount of time you'd be more than fine.

    but if you smell it and its GTG then you won't have that nagging you in the back of your mind at the dinner table.

    Strongsville, OH

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