How long can uncooked ribs stay in fridge?

[Cheech and Chong]

I took a frozen 3pack of IBP full spares out of the freezer and placed them in the fridge last Wednesday night. Couldn't cook them as planned on Sunday. They are still unopened. How much longer before I'm risking them going bad?

Thanks

 

[cowboyupbbq]

There are several factors such as age relative to kill date when frozen, thawing method, timing in the danger zone, etc,, but I usually try to cook thawed meat within 48 hours. I wouldn’t wait any longer. If it smells funky when you open it, I’d pitch it.

 

[SmokinAussie]

Are they vac packed / cryopacked?

 

[Fooball]

Heck, check the sell by dates of cryovac ribs in the refrigerated section at the store. Those dates are longer than a week most times.

Cryovac keeps the air away which in turn preserves the meat longer. I think your good to go if they were cryovac.

 

[Cheech and Chong]

They are IBP ribs. They are cryopacked. I will open them tomorrow night after work and cook them at 3am and take them to work. Hopefully they dont stink when I open them.

 

[Callahan-que]

When you first open cryopacked meat you may get a foul smell, it's from the packing process.

 

[sudsandswine]

The bones will spoil before the meat does. I’d let your nose be the guide. From frozen Wednesday night til today, you’ll probably be fine.

 

[Badjak]

I would not worry abd use them.
But use your nose
And like others say, open the pack, take them out. Then smell after a couple of minutes.
Coppery smell is just blood. If it's off, you'll know it....

 

[OneHump]

Don't mean to contradict, but cryo packed pork can smell really bad even when "fresh".

 

[Smoking Piney]

Don't mean to contradict, but cryo packed pork can smell really bad even when "fresh".

Agree. Cryo can have a funky smell and still be good.

 

[patrickd26]

Yeah... If you can smell it across the kitchen, I'd toss them. But, a little "twang" won't hurt.

 

[Smoking Piney]

I will unpack and rinse cryo packed meat. If it passes the snout test after rinse, I'm good.