Wife left brisket out, safe to smoke?

[Great-Kazoo]

I'd have cooked it, but then again, I drank from the hose as a kid...

ate cake mix from mixing bowl, uncooked chop meat (ground beef) and eggnog with real eggs.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Hahaha, I did cook it and it tasted ok. Not great. I rinsed it off as it was a tad slimy. Brisket hash will be for dinner.

I wonder how much of that was your subconscious knowing that it was "spoiled" by being left out overnight. Frankly, we freak out over things in the modern age that shouldn't be an issue just because we've gotten used to the modern comforts and conveniences. When I first got into sugar gliders, I would see posts from people who worried about how their "babies" would do if their house slipped outside some narrow range of temperatures (like 66-72) -- got some angry retorts when I pointed out the animals evolved in the wild where it most assuredly got colder than 66 (even in Indonesia) and higher than 72.

Certainly the meat won't be at its best when maintained at room temperature for long periods but overnight at 55 in a sealed plastic bag? If anything, it was probably more tender than you're used to ...

[Gman]

I'd have cooked it, but then again, I drank from the hose as a kid...

We had to chase the lead paint chips we ate with something.

I ate raw egg, drank raw milk, ate undercooked meat....and lived to tell the tale.

[JohnnyDrama]

Certainly the meat won't be at its best when maintained at room temperature for long periods but overnight at 55 in a sealed plastic bag? If anything, it was probably more tender than you're used to ...

...And that's why spices were such a big deal way back in the day....

[Delfuego]

ate cake mix from mixing bowl, uncooked chop meat (ground beef) and eggnog with real eggs.

Yeah, but your generation was made from sterner stuff. Younger generations can barely eat bread because of all the gluten, whatever the hell that is.

[Gman]

Yeah, but your generation was made from sterner stuff. Younger generations can barely eat bread because of all the gluten, whatever the hell that is.

The gluten is the good stuff. Ever had gluten free products? Yeah, the good stuff has obviously been removed.