Is the meat bad?

[elhefe]

Friday I gound up a bunch of meat and put it in my freezer. I did not shut the door properly and all the meat thawed and was found this morning. It was still very cold and there was no smell but don't know if it is bad. Does it all need to be thrown out?

[dac6933]

I would not think so if its still cold. If it was mine I would give it a try.

[outdoordaddy]

I'd try it out, as long as it was all cold you should be fine...if anything maybe the meat closest to door?

[Mac...]

If it's cold it's still good.
But it isn't good to refreeze the meat.
I'd cook it and invite some folks over to enjoy with you.

[Sippy]

its all good if its cold

[Tommyh]

smell it and see what it smells like.

[Deb]

If it's cold it's still good.
But it isn't good to refreeze the meat.
I'd cook it and invite some folks over to enjoy with you.

This is the only safe thing to do as you can't refreeze it.

[Ksig512]

I take it and test it out for you .....

[glen]

I dont know why you couldn't refreeze it. I debone deer all the time and then freeze it and come back later and grind it and make hamburger and sausage out of it and then freeze the hamburger or sausage.

[MountainMan]

I second Glen. I refreeze meat all the time and have NEVER had one problem. As long as it isn't room temp, you should be good to go.

[rladner]

still good

[Ron]

Still good, go ahead and freeze it.

[muley4x4]

still good for sure!

[Speedgoat]

Let your wife try some first. JK, it should be ok.

[Snakelover]

As I understand it, the ground meat you had just put in was never actually frozen, since you left the freezer door open. And the rest of the meat that was already frozen inside the freezer thawed out. Not sure if that's exactly what happened, but that's the way I'm reading your post.

The meat that has never been frozen, so long as it has been kept cold should be fine. You can go ahead and freeze it.

The meat that was previously frozen and then thawed out can technically be refrozen, but you'll lose quite a bit of quality. However, you can take it out, cook it and then freeze the cooked meat with no problem or reduction in quality. And that's what I would do.