Turkey Breast Cook

[Nefarious]

How long can I keep a fresh, not frozen, turkey breast in my garage refrigerator before I cook it? I say garage refrigerator because it might get opened once a day,

I am going to smoke it the day before thanksgiving, and just want to know how early I can buy it.

 

[Flatrate]

I would look at the sell by date and you should be good.

 

[pc farmer]

How long can I keep a fresh, not frozen, turkey breast in my garage refrigerator before I cook it? I say garage refrigerator because it might get opened once a day,

I am going to smoke it the day before thanksgiving, and just want to know how early I can buy it.

I am assuming your garage fridge doenst have the beer in it? LOL

Sorry I just had to.

 

[pc farmer]

Yeah I also go by sell date.

 

[TNJAKE]

Sell by date then you can add about 3 days past that. Make sure the packaging isn't punctured

 

[chopsaw]

What's the temp of your fridge ? Put a therm in there so you know . I keep mine at 36 degrees .

 

[DougE]

Sell by date then you can add about 3 days past that. Make sure the packaging isn't punctured

That's what I go by. I generally try to cook or freeze by the sell by date, but I'm not much worried if it is a day or three past the sell by date.

Another thing of note is if the meat is vacuum sealed like ribs and butts often are. A store butcher once told me that their label making system would only allow them to date so far ahead, even when the product actually had a longer shelf life due to vacuum sealing. He told me they just printed up a new label when the current one expired, and put it back in the case.

 

[Nefarious]

I'm going to cook it the day before thanksgiving. is there a safe way to cook it twice, some the day before and finish the day of? Or.just warm it up the day of, which would be my tendency.

 

[chopsaw]

Once you start cooking , finish it and rewarm

 

[DougE]

Fully cook once you start and rewarm the next day, I usually go on and carve when it's done cooking after giving it some rest time, and put the carved meat in foil pans. Maybe add a little broth and toss the meat around before reheating.