Approx thaw time

[jake0531]

i have a couple 8ish lb bone in pork shoulders in my freezer and wanting to smoke one on Saturday. I’ll inject it right before it goes on the smoker. How soon should I sit it to thaw?
Thanks,
Jake

 

[weedeater]

I would put it in the fridge on Wednesday in order to be thawed good by early Saturday. Wasn’t to thaw fully but in fridge not out on counter.

Weedeater

 

[SonnyE]

It's Tuesday evening.
Get those puppies out!
(To the fridge, to the fridge...)

 

[jake0531]

Okay I’ll go ahead and set it out now, just in case. I want it to be fully thawed

 

[chopsaw]

Jake , do you know the temp in the fridge ? I like 36 to 38 degrees .

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Given our outdoors in Winter is a giant freezer ...

When ever I have a HUGE chunk of meat to thaw, I leave it at room temp for a few hours to help get it going, then put it in the fridge a few days in advance. Checking it a few times a day. I've left things on the counter overnight to get them unthawed. At that size it can take few days. Make sure your fridge doesn't have a spot where things freeze..been there..done that!

 

[indaswamp]

If the meat is sealed up good, overnight in a 56qt. ice chest full of cool water will thaw them out. As it thaws, it drops the temp of the water to below 40* so no worries about spoiling. This is how I thaw meat out for making sausages.

 

[motocrash]

What inda said

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

I’d get it out now. Depends on your fridge temp though.

I keep my beer fridge extremely cold. You know to where when you crack a cold one and it’s got a tiny bit of slush in it sometimes.

Definitely don’t want to stick it in that fridge haha regular fridge you should be good by Saturday morning

 

[HalfSmoked]

Yup go with Inda idea works good.

Warren

 

[motolife313]

I like to cycle stuff out of the fridge on the counter and back in the fridge. 30 minutes on then counter 2 hours in the fridge will speed it up.