How long can smoked sausage be left out before it goes bad?

Answer 1

There are no hard and fast rules about the length of time food will keep. That will depend upon several factors including

1. the handling of the food prior to storage

2. the type of packaging used for storage

3. the actual conditions of storage (temperature, humidity, light, etc.)

Spoilage is the point at which food is considered no longer edible. The indicators of spoilage include appearance, texture, odor and flavor. The cooked sausage will have spoiled when someone decides it is inedible.

Even trying to determine when cooked sausage is not safe to eat is difficult to determine since physical factors might not be obvious and bacterial load, contamination, handling and storage are all unknowns.

The only thing available to people are guidelines and good sense. Use the cooked sausage within a few days and examine any leftovers carefully for signs of spoilage before using them. And food safety experts recommend reheating leftovers to 165°F before consuming.

Answer 2

This depends on what kind of sausage is in the sausage balls. Dry sausages are made to sit out, so these would probably be OK for a few days. Cooked sausage balls (ie, meatballs made of sausage that had to be cooked, were possibly purchased either frozen or refrigerated) would go bad in a few hours if they were allowed to sit at room temperature. If they were kept over heat (such as a lit chafing dish), then they would likely be unsafe a couple hours after they were removed from the heat.

Answer 3

1 night or 12 hours.