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bigalsworth
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I am sure I know the answer but here it goes anyway. I pulled out some vac packed frozen steak last night to sous vide overnight. 2 to a pack. I forgot to hit start on the sous vide and it has sat in 73 deg water for about 12 hours. Unsalvageable?
Large BGE
BBQ Guru DigiQ II
Martensville, Saskatchewan Canada
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I'd say so.
In reality, if vac packed and frozen there 'should' be no bacteria in the bag, so the odds of you getting sick if you eat it are low. But I wouldn't take that chance.
Others may think differently.
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I feel the same. In the garbage they go.Large BGEBBQ Guru DigiQ IIMartensville, Saskatchewan Canada
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That’s a good call. They are likely fine but 12 hrs is too long for me.Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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At that temp you are pretty much in ideal Petrie dish territory, unless they are wagyu I’d Toss ‘em. If they are wagyu the dogs would be very happy as I’d overcook in the Trés Booblay.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Foghorn said:I'd say so.
In reality, if vac packed and frozen there 'should' be no bacteria in the bag, so the odds of you getting sick if you eat it are low. But I wouldn't take that chance.
Others may think differently.Southeast Florida - LBGE
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Skiddymarker said:At that temp you are pretty much in ideal Petrie dish territory, unless they are wagyu I’d Toss ‘em. If they are wagyu the dogs would be very happy as I’d overcook in the Trés Booblay.
Next day, taking it out, it didn't smell very good. But at $27, I decided to cook it to med-rare instead of rare. Texture was sublime, taste not quite so much. I felt kinda sick for the next 24 hours (never threw up) but decided never to do that again. Oof-dah._____________Tin soldiers and Johnson's coming...
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After being in this kind of situation myself many times now, I’ve decided that from the moment I have to seriously question the safety of the product, regardless of whether or not it has actually spoiled, I will no longer enjoy it.When in doubt, just throw it out.
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What temp were you going to SV overnight? Usually for steaks, it's a pretty low temp that still allows bacterial survival and growth and hence most people don't do a long SV on steaks. It also makes the texture mealy and too tender IMO, but that's just a taste preference.
When I SV steaks, I never do it above 120 and I certainly wouldn't do that for an extended period - maybe 1.5 hours.
As to your specific situation, I don't know the sourcing of the meat, but I would take it out, wash it with cold water well, dry and salt it and do a reverse sear via the oven at 250 or so until about 115, then sear it. Washing gets the bad stuff off and the 250 will kill any bacteria left. And, the steak started frozen, so it took a while to get up to 73 overnight. That's not that warm and plenty of meat markets around the world have beef out exposed without refrigeration for much of the day in worse conditions.
But, if the bag is puffy (gas generated by bacteria), I would toss it. Or, if you pull it out and after a rinse it had a really bad smell.
Overall, clean it up (wash) and evaluate it. Very likely it is just fine.Dallas (University Park), Texas
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