How long does one need to wait before storing newly cooked meat/chicken/fish in the refrigerator?

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Refrigerate quickly even if food is hot! Bacteria grows most rapidly in the "Danger Zone" temperature range. This zone is between 40 F and 140 F.

The idea is to refrigerate foods quickly because cold temperatures keep most harmful bacteria from multiplying. . A lot of people think it will harm their refrigerator to put hot food inside, but it's not true.

Hot food won't harm your refrigerator. What is most important is to promptly refrigerate your foods. .

The USDA has come up with a term called "The Chill Factor. "The longer the time the food is allowed to cool in a temperature range of 70F and 120F, the greater the risk of bacterial growth. And bacteria will grow very quickly between 70F and 120F.. A general rule is to refrigerate or freeze perishables, prepared foods, and leftovers within 2 hours of purchase or preparation, or within 1 hour if the temperature is above 90 °F.

Place hot foods directly in the refrigerator, but divide large quantities of food into shallow containers for quicker cooling.. Your refrigerator should be set to 40F or below and your freezer to 0F. You should check these temperatures regularly with the appropriate thermometer.. Source: . The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Meat and Poultry Hotline at (800) 535-4555 or (202) 720-3333 (Washington, DC area).

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Today they say...... Today I thought you should wait until it has completely cooled off. According to this wed-site I was wrong. I am glad you asked.

Safe Handling of Foods for Refrigerating Hot food can be placed directly in the refrigerator or it can be rapidly chilled in an ice or cold water bath before refrigerating. Cover foods to retain moisture and prevent them from picking up odors from other foods. A large pot of food like soup or stew should be divided into small portions and put in shallow containers before being refrigerated.

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As a rule, the sooner the better. In general you can refrigerate hot food. As soon as you can handle it, you can put it in the fridge.

The thing you would want to avoid, however, is putting a very large piece of hot meat or poultry (or a large pot of hot soup or stew) in the refrigerator right away. I've read -- and sometimes heard people say -- that the reason for this is that a large amount of hot food could raise the inside of the fridge to an unsafe temperature. As a practical matter, that would be pretty hard to do, though.

The actual reason is that a large piece of meat or poultry will take too long to cool to a safe temperature, and will consequently spend too much time in the bacterial "danger zone. " Instead of storing a large pot of soup, its better to divide it up into smaller containers first. Same with meat or poultry: don't refrigerate a whole roast or half a turkey as is -- break them down into smaller pieces so they cool rapidly in the fridge..

Here is what I do Most people say to wait until the food cools, but honestly its better to put unused food in the refrigerator as soon as you are finnished with it because the longer its out is the more bacteria it will grow. So if you want as soon as you take it out the oven or off the stove you can put it in the fridge.

You don't need to wait......... the only reason to wait at all is to let the product cool a bit thus not makeing the refridgerator work harder to keep cool. Maybe 5 -10 min. Unless your talking about a roast or a turkey then maybe 30 min.

But any time spent sitting out only raising the contamination possibilities. So it's your choice.

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