# Question

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/question/13237>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/question/13237 "2018-02-22T08:05:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Susanna1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Susanna1](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Susanna1)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/question/13237/1 "2018-02-22T08:05:29Z")

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What action you would need to take if your meat was at room temperature before you start to cook

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**Author:** ![michihenning](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/michihenning/32/1655_2.png) [@michihenning](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/michihenning)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/question/13237/2 "2018-02-22T08:07:30Z")

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None, as far as I can see. Unless the meat was at room temperature for half a day or more, in which case it might be safer to throw it away…

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**Author:** ![Ember](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/ember/32/729_2.png) [@Ember](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ember)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/question/13237/3 "2018-02-22T09:58:51Z")

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How long was the meat at ambient temperature? After it was dead, that is.

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**Author:** ![fischersd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/fischersd/32/5594_2.png) [@fischersd](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/fischersd)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/question/13237/4 "2018-02-22T14:09:23Z")

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Heh…might? 😄