How long is pizza good for?
 

We've got some pizza leftovers at work that have been sitting around in the box for about 6 hours. Is this stuff safe to eat? Will a good nuking kill any bacteria on the slices with pepperoni? I'm pretty damn hungry here.

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I had a friend that ate 4 day old dominos that was sitting on our counter, at our odl house. He was stoned. Nothing happened to him.....if its just pepperoni, I wouldnt be worried about it after only 6 hours.

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Eat it and post a trip report after 24-48 hours.

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It's fine.

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It's fine. Unless it's chicago style. Then, throw it away no matter how fresh it is.

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It should be fine.

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Is your name Howard Hughes? If not, it's fine.

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I had a friend that ate 4 day old dominos that was sitting on our counter, at our odl house. He was stoned. Nothing happened to him.....if its just pepperoni, I wouldnt be worried about it after only 6 hours.

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I don't believe that he didn't at least get sick. Thats horrible.

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I had a friend that ate 4 day old dominos that was sitting on our counter, at our odl house. He was stoned. Nothing happened to him.....if its just pepperoni, I wouldnt be worried about it after only 6 hours.

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I don't believe that he didn't at least get sick. Thats horrible.

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Def horrible. Im sure it had meat on it, Id assume (wasnt my pizza), but I cant say for sure.

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Cheap pizza joint pizza is made from stuff that's got plenty of preservatives in it, and can last a long time. I wouldn't worry about eating it.

What you really have to be careful about is anything dairy or mayonaisse and salad dressings with mayonnaise in them. That stuff goes bad really fast.

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Holy [censored] 6 hours are you seroius? I've eaten pizza that's been out for well over a day and never even given thought that it could have gone bad.

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If Kurosh can drink fermented Izze, you can eat some 6-hour-old pizza...

Eating day-old pizza without it being refridgerated seems normal to me.

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It's fine. Unless it's chicago style. Then, throw it away no matter how fresh it is.

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No

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Until it's gone.

Seriously, your pizza's fine. Go eat it, cold or hot.

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it's good until it gets up and walks away.

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it's good until it gets up and walks away.

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I can only think of one instance where leftover pizza was deemed unfit for consumption, and this was it (ants...bastards).

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Pizza remains fresh until eaten, in all cases.

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it's good until it gets up and walks away.

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I've never seen that. That must be the stage that follows those "fuzzy things" forming, which is the point where I've drawn my own personal line.

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If it smells like food, it's food. That's what mamma always said. And she's still kickin' it.

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I've eaten pizza that's been out for well over a day and never even given thought that it could have gone bad.

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Convulsions?

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ServSafe says its good for up to 5-6 hours but we are so accustomed to eating old [censored] we never get sick anymore [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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My rule was always one week unrefrigerated. Refrigerated would obviously be longer.

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ServSafe says its good for up to 5-6 hours but we are so accustomed to eating old [censored] we never get sick anymore [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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...no. In a restaurant, if the food is at room temp for over 4 hours. Or more specifically, btwn 40-140 for more than 4 hours it is a violation of the health code to serve it. If you nuke it, it is much safer. That is, if you reheat to above 165 degrees most of the bacteria will be killed. However, some bacteria can leave behind toxic waste (HA!). That said, I'm sure it's fine, but were I in a restaurant I'd not risk my establishments well-being by serving it.

I'M SERVESAFE CERTIFIED PEOPLE!!!!!

I'M ALSO UNBANNABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Eat it and post a trip report after 24-48 hours.

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Ate 2 slices about 7 hrs. after it was delivered and 1 more about 2 hrs. after that. No ill effects. I did nuke them.