Bruce Almighty said:

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My lovely wife left our garage freezer door open for about 11 hours (midnight to 11 am). A pack of chicken breast and thighs were still partially frozen, so I assume those are probably ok. Two packs of ground pork were completely thawed. Would you throw them out or take a chance?

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Everyone's household budget is different, no doubt. Also, I don't know how big the bag of chicken was. But, me personally, I'd throw out the chicken. I doubt it's a $50 bag. As for the pork, again, unless it's some special pork I'd throw it out also.

I hate getting sick and I wouldn't touch either of those. That's my personal "contingency", "conservatism", whatever you want to call it. Everyone is different and everyone's budget is different.

Speaking from an honest will to be educated I have questions.

I live in a household where my wife and daughter will throw away ANYTHING that is even close to the SELL BY date. So in the above scenario, anything in question will be thrown away.

They are shocked when I remind them of my bachelor years whew leftovers definitely lasted at least all week


Not that I would fight to keep that chicken and pork, but if you properly cooked it to temperature wouldn't that kill anything harmful that might have developed in a frozen environment that got slight above freezing?


Somehow I think we have gotten WAY too worried about this kind of thing in the modern world, but I'm not positive if I am right or wrong.

If it is still cold or partially frozen, you're good.

Is the pork warm or just room temperature? If they're still cold, I'd go ahead and cook and consume them. If they're anything above room temperature, toss them.