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at room temperature about 4 hours
You definitely should not refreeze meat. once the temp drops any bacteria in the package begins to multiply. Cook it within 24 to 48 hours and that is only if it was defrosted in the refrigerator. If you defrosted it at room temp you have to cook it right away or throw it out.
you get food poisoning. never refreeze defrosted meat.
Yes if it is still completely frozen; No if it's thawed at all. As long as it is still frozen and you cook it well, there is not a problem.
You can use a slow cooker with either frozen or defrosted meat. The recipe should state which you use or the cooking time and temperature will have to be adjusted. Frozen meatballs are excellent in a slow cooker.
Defrosted raw meat can be refrozen and cooked later, but the quality of the meat will be notably reduced. If the meat has been at room temperature for more than an hour or so, bacterial growth may have been substantial, and then the refrozen meat may not be safe to eat later, even after being cooked. The best way to deal with defrosted meat that is not needed immediately is to cook it and THEN freeze it for future use. In theory you can defrost and freeze meat as many times as you want as long as you cook the hell out of it before eating. Each time you do it, more bacteria grow inside it, but the heat of cooking will kill them. However, the palatability of the meat decreases with each cycle and quickly renders the food inedibal except by the very hungry.
There are three convenient ways to defrost frozen meat, in the refrigerator, in moving water, or in the microwave. The best (from the safety point of view) is in the refrigerator. But size is important as well. If you have a small hamburger patty the microwave can work well, but the microwave has a tendency to cook outer portions of meat before the inner portions are defrosted. A pound of ground round (hamburger meat) can be defrosted in the microwave if you use the defrost setting and remove defrosted meat as you go. And then cook immediately. Defrosting in water is reasonable if you can put your frozen food in a waterproof plastic bag with the air pressed out and place it in a pot and keep a stream of cold water running through the pot. You have to watch this process and don't let defrosted meat linger in the pot. Make use of your defrosted meat immediately. If you have the time or your defrosting job is larger than a pound, refrigerator defrosting is the safest and easiest; just plan ahead.
Yes, you can defrost meat in the refrigerator on one day, marinate it and then cook and eat it the next day.
It is not the best thing to do, refreezing any type of meat is bad.
It is not wise to refreeze anything once it has been defrosted - especially if it contains meat products.
Because there is other food prepared on the kitchen counter and having meat being defrosted/thawed on it may cause food poisoning.
All meat can be defrosted and then refrozen. It is safe to eat, but will not be as tasty and juicy if meat had not been frozen. This is not a safety issue but a culinary one.