Ribs in fridge

[bbq_esq]

Picked up two racks of baby backs from Wild Fork yesterday. Popped in the fridge late yesterday but turns out I may not been able to cook them this weekend. Given that they were frozen quickly and probably just thawed completely sometime today, would these be okay until next weekend?

[Jerod Broussard]

Maybe......that is kinda pushing it for pork.

[bbq_esq]

I know…for 3 bucks a pound I might I just cook them. I don’t have the people to eat them but I can put away a rack and maybe see what happens if I freeze a cooked rack and thaw next time I’m craving ribs late night lol

[Jessterr]

bbq_esq Nothing wrong at all about cooking stuff and then freezing it for later consumption. I live alone, and that’s basically how I live my life, do it all the time. Cook stuff on the smokers/grills, eat some over the following few days but freeze most of it within a day after cooking for use at a later time. If you freeze a cooked rack of ribs and then take them out at a later time and heat them up in the microwave, they’ll taste great.

[MBMorgan]

Personally, I’d just refreeze them … especially if they’re vacuum sealed. Texture might suffer a bit, but it would be safe to do so.

[TripleB]

+1

[SheilaAnn]

So long as the vac seals are not broken….. should be good. Or cook and freeze as noted above.

[DaveD]

Add me to the Cook & Freeze brigade. And yeah, if you've got a vac sealer, you are golden. And, if you have a sous vide, even more golden - reheating vac sealed smoked meat via sous vide is about as close to "on the day" as one can get.

[Murdy]

Are they vacuum packed? If so, they will probably be fine. Vacuum packed stuff sits around in stores a lot longer than most of us would think.

[Duanessmokedmeats]

Is there a best by date?

[fitzoo7]

If I don't smoke it within 3 days of buying, I usually re-freeze. Pork especially gets extra stinky quick.

[LA Pork Butt]

The sell by date is an indication as to whether you can keep them in the fridge until you are ready to cook them. I have done that on a few occasions. If the sell date is a few days after your cook I would freeze them I was ready not cook. I’ve done some meats beyond the sell, But, I would not do chicken beyond the sell date.

[Hulagn1971]

Personally, I'd cook and freeze. Nothing is worse than opening a package of ribs to smoke and getting hit in the face with that "bad pork" smell. Ruins it for me.