Eat or Toss?

When in doubt, throw it out....

I personally would not take the chance. I completely understand that it possibly cooked all night but I would not use it.

Here is the scoop from my mom, who iix a home ec major, and has taught cooking in a variety of settings for decades (and I agree with her after taking my own cooking classes): TOSS IT. Here's why.

You said you were reheating the chicken, which means the chicken was cold. The crock pot is not a reheating instrument, and it heats very slowly. It would not have heated the cold chicken to a hot temperature quickly enough, even on a high setting, before bacteria would have grown. In other words, bacteria would have grown and the chicken would/could have gone bad before the chicken got to the 150 degrees simply because the chicken was cold. You always want to start with warm or hot ingredients in a crockpot to prevent bacteria growth.

There is always the chance that everything is fine, but is sure isn't worth the risk, at lest to me. Good luck!

The problem is, the chicken may have eventually gotten to 150 degrees, but a crock pot takes time to get to the proper temperature. Before that chicken got to 150, it may have sat for several hours at a lower temp. Crock pots are not a safe re-heating method.

It's important for some foods to reach their proper temperatures quickly (that includes both cooling and heating).

Toss it, and next time use a different method to reheat leftover chicken. Store cooked leftover chicken in the fridge shortly after the meal is done, and reheat it quickly, wrapped in foil, or placed in an oven-safe dish, so that it reaches the proper temperature in a safe manner.

Should be fine. Bacteria grown between 45 and 145 degrees so if it was over that temp, you're fine.

I would think it is fine. It was cooking all this time. This is like a roast a former coworker would make that took 14 hours of very slow cooking to make it melt in your mouth tender.

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I would think it is fine. It was cooking all this time. This is like a roast a former coworker would make that took 14 hours of very slow cooking to make it melt in your mouth tender.

It should be fine, maybe a little tough from cooking all night.
I would still use it.

Since it was cooking all night its safe to use. If it sat in a crock pot that had been turned off you'd have to toss it.

If it's been in the crockpot COOKING all night it hasn't been cooled down and left to sit. I'd probably use it.

BUT if it isn't usable, too tough or something, you might try dumping it in some water and boiling them for a while. See if you can make some broth from it or something. Just take it out later and toss the stuff that can't be eaten.

Megan is right. The chicken had already been cooked. It was slowly warmed. It could have, most likely did, grow bacteria when it reached the temperature that encourages bacteria growth and the temperature considered safe when first cooking meat.

The safe way to reheat food is to quickly bring the temperature to a safe temperature. Meat becomes toxic more quickly than veggies. The same for veggies or any food. When we add cooked veggies to a soup or stew that has cooked in a crock pot, we add them after the liquid is hot.

I suppose there are going to be a lot of different answers here but myself? I'd probably have it, but like Gamma says maybe boiling. It is probably kind of shreddy so after boiling if it is boneless (or you can debone)make enchiladas, soup, etc. Of course if it has a smell, mold, etc. definitely throw it out. To be truthful, my husband often takes things like this, and instead of cooking or keeping in a crockpot over night-he has put things in containers to cool them down, then in cold water and left them overnight so it doesn't rob the refrigerator of the cold there. So far we are all alive and kicking and haven't had anything we can attribute to food poisoning.

Beef I might keep, chicken or pork I would toss

It will be perfectly fine - I would use it.