Question on cooking chicken

[rob base]

So I am a geo bachelor and don't coook much. I baked some chicken but I left it in the oven for 10 hours. Is it still good to eat?

Note : I turned off the oven on time, so it's not burnt....I just forgot to pull it out of the oven and put it in Tupperware and into the fridge.....

Still edible??

[msventoux]

I wouldn't. And I have pretty lax standards.

[Deleted]

Same here. That's just asking for food poisoning.

[dee27]

I would chuck it!

[Green Eyed Lady]

I don't know what a geo bachelor is but don't eat the chicken.

[resolution]

I would throw it out. I wouldn't even put it outside for the animals at this point.

[mmhmm]

Nov 3, 2016 9:55:34 GMT -5 Green Eyed Lady said:

I don't know what a geo bachelor is but don't eat the chicken.

I think that means the OP lives in one geographic location and his SO lives in another that's far enough away that daily commutes aren't feasible.

[rob base]

I didn't put any poison in it. I just left it in the closed oven. Doesn't the seal of the oven count the same as the Tupperware?

[rob base]

Geographical bachelor. Wife moves over here in 2 weeks. Good thing. This cooking thing is trickier than I thought

[Chocolate Lover]

I've eaten pizza that sat out all night in its box. I've eaten food that sat out way longer than recommended but I can't tell you if it was 10 hours or not. Me, I'd do it, but I have an iron constitution apparently.

[mmhmm]

It wouldn't matter if you left the chicken out in a closed Tupperware container, or on the shelf with the extra mustard jar. Without refrigeration the bacteria are still going to have a field day. Salmonella isn't something one wants to encourage. Chicken can be kept for a day, or two, if well refrigerated. Otherwise, toss it or suffer the very unpleasant consequences of eating it. 

[rob base]

Usually I store my baked chicken in the fridge for like 5 days and no probs....

[Opti]

I'd probably eat it, but only after heating again to kill bacteria. I would not eat it cold.

[mmhmm]

Nov 3, 2016 10:49:51 GMT -5 rob base said:

Usually I store my baked chicken in the fridge for like 5 days and no probs....

I've done so, too, if it's well packaged. If you've got a good, dependable refrigerator there shouldn't be a problem. I'm just really careful with things like that. I've treated too many people who weren't quite careful enough, unfortunately.

[resolution]

Nov 3, 2016 10:49:51 GMT -5 rob base said:

Usually I store my baked chicken in the fridge for like 5 days and no probs....

Key word there is "fridge." The inside of a turned off oven would provide a nice warm environment for bacteria to multiply.

[Opti]

My oven doesn't stay warm very long. Its regular temp within an hour of being turned off.

[Green Eyed Lady]

Nov 3, 2016 10:39:12 GMT -5 rob base said:

Geographical bachelor. Wife moves over here in 2 weeks. Good thing. This cooking thing is trickier than I thought

LOL! Yes...I'm glad she's coming, too. That cooking stuff can bite ya!

[Green Eyed Lady]

If you decide to eat it, let us know how it comes out....cause it's probably gonna....one place or the other.

[Tiny]

Unless your rental apartment is held at a steady temperature under 40 degrees Fahrenheit I wouldn't eat the roasted chicken. It's spent many many hours at the temperatures that bacteria LOVE - the boy bacteria get all frisky and look for girl bacteria who are also feeling frisky. They dance the fandango and before you know it, they set up house and have more kids than you can count on two hands. And in the blink of an eye the kids grow up,  feel frisky, dance the fandango and they set up house and have kids. Pretty soon your innocent, not refridgerated for hours and hours roasted chicken is teeming with life! Eating the chicken would be like Godzilla stomping thru Tokyo - MILLIONS would be killed (or consumed).

Now, Just imagine those pissed off bacteria getting angrier and angrier in your digestive track. You've killed their loved ones, destroyed their homes. YOU have become the ENEMY. They'll band together! Arm themselves! And attack YOU!!! Of course, if your White Cells are in good condition and well trained they might be able to squelch the attack (before it makes you all 'squelch-y' and feverish in the bathroom). But, really, do you want to tax your White Cells like that? They are, after all, already dealing with all the other things you are throwing at them (I can't imagine that you are taking very good care of yourself since your wife isn't there to care for you - in the fine tradition of TV sitcoms of "man babies" that need a wife to survive). You are lucky you haven't put yourself in the hospital.

Seriously, I would throw the chicken away. I solar cook/crock pot cook and nothing good comes from something like chicken (cooked or uncooked)  that's sat at room temperature for hours and hours and hours.    Really.   You can't fix it once it's gone 'bad' 

But, in the name of 'science' --- if I felt like I had a lot of time on my hands and could cope with a few "lost days" of misery I'd maybe nuke some of the chicken until it was REALLY hot in the microwave and have a dinner. I'd still throw the rest of it out... storing it in the fridge at this point isn't really going to stop/remove the Hordes of Bacteria that have set up housekeeping in it - they will just keep multiplying.

[Peace Of Mind]

Nov 3, 2016 2:51:01 GMT -5 rob base said:

So I am a geo bachelor and don't coook much. I baked some chicken but I left it in the oven for 10 hours. Is it still good to eat?

Note : I turned off the oven on time, so it's not burnt....I just forgot to pull it out of the oven and put it in Tupperware and into the fridge.....

Still edible??

Yes, you should eat it. Let us know how it goes.

[rob base]

Isn't there bacteria in yogurt though? I always remember Jaimie Lee raving about Activia.........

[Tennesseer]

As long as it is still pink on the inside it's safe to eat.

[mmhmm]

Nov 3, 2016 17:40:45 GMT -5 rob base said:

Isn't there bacteria in yogurt though? I always remember Jaimie Lee raving about Activia.........

Yes, there are bacteria in yogurt; however, there are good bacteria and bad bacteria as far as your body is concerned. Salmonella is not a body-friendly bacteria and that, among other nasties, is what's going to grow in that chicken you left laying around. 

[mmhmm]

Nov 3, 2016 17:57:18 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

As long as it is still pink on the inside it's safe to eat.

Tenn, you know darned well you don't eat pink chicken! This poor dude doesn't have a clue. Don't lead him to his own destruction! Chicken MUST be thoroughly cooked! Bad Tenn! BAD!    

[weltschmerz]

Nov 3, 2016 17:57:18 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

As long as it is still pink on the inside it's safe to eat.

Pink and slathered in mayo.

[Tennesseer]

Nov 3, 2016 18:23:53 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Nov 3, 2016 17:57:18 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

As long as it is still pink on the inside it's safe to eat.

Tenn, you know darned well you don't eat pink chicken! This poor dude doesn't have a clue. Don't lead him to his own destruction! Chicken MUST be thoroughly cooked! Bad Tenn! BAD!    

Of all the foods which we cook, raw chicken is the only food in which you don't have to wash your hands after handling it before you handle other foods.

[weltschmerz]

Nov 3, 2016 18:42:41 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Nov 3, 2016 18:23:53 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Tenn, you know darned well you don't eat pink chicken! This poor dude doesn't have a clue. Don't lead him to his own destruction! Chicken MUST be thoroughly cooked! Bad Tenn! BAD!    

Of all the foods which we cook, raw chicken is the only food in which you don't have to wash your hands after handling it before you handle other foods.

Mmm...Chicken Tartare.

[Tennesseer]

Nov 3, 2016 18:52:04 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Nov 3, 2016 18:42:41 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Of all the foods which we cook, raw chicken is the only food in which you don't have to wash your hands after handling it before you handle other foods.

Mmm...Chicken Tartare.

Why you can even make a garden salad for a dinner party of 12 without even having to wash your hands after handling raw chicken.

[Jaguar]

Is everyone trying to kill Rob in this thread, I wonder. <<< backs out of thread slowly, very very slowly >>>

[mmhmm]

Nov 3, 2016 18:42:41 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Nov 3, 2016 18:23:53 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Tenn, you know darned well you don't eat pink chicken! This poor dude doesn't have a clue. Don't lead him to his own destruction! Chicken MUST be thoroughly cooked! Bad Tenn! BAD!    

Of all the foods which we cook, raw chicken is the only food in which you don't have to wash your hands after handling it before you handle other foods.

Don't go into the woods tonight! You're in for a big surprise!  I'ma be waiting with a big ol' hatchet!