"Nonnymus" wrote in message
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KW wrote:
I've been roped in to doing Que (Pulled Pork) for my son's end of season
football party. There will be ~110-125 guests and I've got 73lbs worth of
Boston Butt and a case of hot dogs (60 1/2lb'ers for the QueAtheists:-).

The butts average 9lbs a piece and my smoker can handle 4-6 at a time but
not all 8, so I'll have to run 2 batches. The first group will be
finished
late this evening, pulled and sealed in foodsaver bags for re-heating at
the
event on Sunday. The rest will start in the wee hours of Sunday am to be
pulled on-site.

My question is this,.......Assuming I pull and bag the first batch
tonight
at say....~ 10pm, is 2.5 days too long to hold finished product in the
fridge or should I go ahead and freeze it and just pull it out to thaw
and
re-heat on Sunday? I'd rather do batch #1 on Friday night - Saturday, but
we
have too many other commitments in the way.

KW


My unprofessional reaction is that 2-3 days in the refrigerator is
perfectly OK. We sure as heck do it here at home. You might want to keep
it toward the bottom of the box, but I'd not even worry about that.

Along this same topic, has anyone done any serious research into Ozone or
UV bacteria inhibitors for in a refrigerator? The idea of opening the old
Frigidare adn getting a lung full of ozone doesn't appeal to me, but for
long term storage, as in a chest type freezer, it's intriguing. Likewise,
a UV light that shuts off as the door is OPENED would be an interesting
experiment.

It would be best from a food preservation perspective not to use ozone.
Ozone, being unstable O3, is very oxidative. Oxidation destroys food. It's
the mechanism that your body uses to digest food and release energy, but
better to wait until the food gets into the body to oxidize it. Otherwise,
you end up with rancid oils, blackened hemoglobin and protein, gray fresh
meats, and rotting fruits and vegetables. Ozone can inhibit bacteria and
yeast which are anaerobic or microaerophilic, but overall, I would say it
would have a negative effect on food.

Craig Winchell


I also vaguely recall seeing or reading about some "wand" gizmo that
either kills bacteria by UV light pr discloses it with flourescence.
Anybody know about that? IMHO, for a light wand to work, it'd have to
have LOTS of power and would cause eye or skin problems with much use. Is
it a load of hooey, like I suspect?



Nonny

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---Nonnymus---
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the person you are talking with will
have a close friend with a larger one.
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