Cooked chicken meat should be refrigerated as soon as possible after cooking. It can generally be left out on a counter for an hour. Usually for as long as it takes to eat dinner. It should then be put away.
Food that has been left out on the counter for more than 2 hours should be discarded. There are many bacteria that can form on the food without being seen.
Cooked turkey should not be unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours. Less time is better.
You should leave cooked deer out on the counter for only 30 minutes.
When food is cooked and left outfor more than 2 hours at room temperature
No more than one hour. Left without refrigeration too long and the food begins to spoil, which means bacteria start forming that could make you ill if you ate tainted food.
you may leave it out for just about 2 1/2 hours but after that the food has been left too long in the "Danger Zone".
It might not be 'spoiled', but I would not recommend using it. Cooked veggies left out that long could have grown microbes & toxins that could make someone ill. The presence of pathogens & their toxins is not obvious. Do not use it.
protins
Either cooked too long in the oven or once cooked has been left out to cool for too long.
A cake will typically not last very long if left on the counter. This is because people will eat it.
If the food has not cooked long enough to be thoroughly cooked through, or as browned as it should be, it has been inadequately cooked.
The standard rule is that no cooked food should be left out for more than two hours before it is refrigerated. For safety's sale, that rule should be followed.
This food should not be left out. Cooked foods should be cooled quickly for cold storage. It can only take a hour for cooked foods to be contaminated.