SV unit went out overnight. What to do?

[xray]

So I was in the process of making Pastrami with my Sous Vide unit. Well at 9am I went down to the basement to check on it...and it was turned off. The water level got low enough to shut the unit down. It was at 97F.

The last time I checked the unit was around 1130PM. What should I do? Toss or keep.

Here was the whole process:
Smoked for 5 hours...IT was 155
Pastrami went in the 155 degree water bath at noon
Pastrami was set for 24 hours...was in the water for approximately 11 hours the last time I checked.

My guesstimate was the unit shut down 4-6 hrs ago if the water plunged from 155 to 97.

I added hot water and restarted the SV unit, in case it's salvageable...I will toss it though if needed.

 

[daveomak]

Well, making strami, you added cure to the meat...  added smoke... got the temp to 155 for many, many hours....  

Personally, I'd bring it back up to 155 for many, many more hours..  maybe even higher, like 185, and then eat it...  According to the pasteurization table below....  at 22 seconds at 155, the bacteria was done in...  longer is better....    it's a time and temperature thing...

Government Pasteurization Tables

The pasteurization times for beef, lamb and pork are listed in Table C.1. Table C.2 lists the pasteurization times for chicken and turkey.

　

Temperature	Time	Temperature	Time
°F (°C)	(Minutes)	°F (°C)	(Seconds)
130 (54.4)	112 min	146 (63.3)	169 sec
131 (55.0)	89 min	147 (63.9)	134 sec
132 (55.6)	71 min	148 (64.4)	107 sec
133 (56.1)	56 min	149 (65.0)	85 sec
134 (56.7)	45 min	150 (65.6)	67 sec
135 (57.2)	36 min	151 (66.1)	54 sec
136 (57.8)	28 min	152 (66.7)	43 sec
137 (58.4)	23 min	153 (67.2)	34 sec
138 (58.9)	18 min	154 (67.8)	27 sec
139 (59.5)	15 min	155 (68.3)	22 sec
140 (60.0)	12 min	156 (68.9)	17 sec
141 (60.6)	9 min	157 (69.4)	14 sec
142 (61.1)	8 min	158 (70.0)	0 sec
143 (61.7)	6 min
144 (62.2)	5 min
145 (62.8)	4 min

Table C.1: Pasteurization times for beef, corned beef, lamb, pork and cured pork (FDA, 2009, 3-401.11.B.2).

 

[xray]

Thanks Dave.

I meant to respond, I typed out a response but never hit the reply button. Just noticed 3 days later.

Well as you can see, I'm still alive so the pastrami was safe...and good too! Thanks again.

 

[daveomak]

You are welcome....   Dave