OK, now that I know you think you’re a stud…How long is your limit for eating pizza left out on the counter top? I’ve often wondered at what point does pizza turn into something dangerous.
4 hours but will be less if I know someone vomited or pooped on it.
4 hours…
That’s about my limit, too.
It’s been a decade since I took a food safety class…but here is the rule of thumb.
Potentially hazardous food that stays in the temperature “danger zone”, 40-140 °F (4-60 °C), for more than 2 hours should be discarded. Potentially hazardous foods are those foods that spoil most easily, such as unshelled eggs, raw meats, fish, shell fish, dairy products, almost all cooked foods.
6 to 8. Depends on what kind it is. Some taste better than others after sitting out.
DT
I often wonder about the high acidic level in the tomato sauce and the fat and salt in the cheese and meats somehow “preserve” the pizza making it last a little longer than other foods. Another reason it’s a treason to put veggies on your pizza. hah!
Psh! C’mon guys! I thought there were some balls in MN! I’ve eaten old counter pizza that’s been out 2 days before! It’s good for your guts! I’ll even nom brats and other random stuff left out overnight. 
lol! I’m not too proud to admit I may have crossed that 2 day threshold myself a time or two myself. But generally, I will eat it without thinking after a day or so. Longer than that, it comes down to hunger vs. OGOH (Other groceries on hand). If OGOH = 0 and Hunger = High, I will take the risk of IBS IF my TP levels are adequate.
50 shades of Green 
“Hours”? Jeez I was thinking days. Good thing I didn’t know about this sooner, I might have gotten sick.
For me it’s a few hours of sitting out. I had a buddy in college that would leave pizza or any food our for days sometimes a week or more. He’d get hungry open up the random pizza box on the floor and if there was no mold/a little mold on it, it went down the hatch. I have no clue how he never got sick.
lol – if the guts can’t handle it, then at least I’ll have some quiet reading time in the bathroom for an afternoon 
“How long is your”…Didn’t think that is was gonna be about pizza..LOL
Depends how many beers I have drank! 
This time of year here at work, if I don’t get the first piece I wouldn’t touch it with a ten foot stick!
-J.
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