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Room temperature.
Cooked pork at room temperature is safe to eat for a few hours. If stored in the refrigerator, cooked pork is safe to eat for 3 to 5 days. If you freeze the cooked pork, you can store it for 4 months.
No longer than an hour or so if left out in room temp. Bacteria can start to grow on foods in an hour. Our stomach acids can kill some of these bacteria but not all. Foods should be kept out of the danger zone which is above 40°F and below 140°F. In this zone foods are perfect for bacteria.
4 hours is the magic number taught at all food handling courses.
at room temperature about 4 hours
Room temperature
four hours is the max for any food at room temperature. Four hours is too long. Potentially hazardous food should not be left out more than 2 hours. If the ambient temperature is around 90°F, cut that to 1 hour. The US Food Code recommends that potentially hazardous food be cooled from 140°F to 70°F within 2 hours, then further chilled to 40°F within another 4 hours. So after 2 hours, the food should either be reheated to 165°F or placed in the fridge to cool further. Four hours was an old recommendation, but that was to get the food from 140°F to 40°F. Which means it would have to be fully chilled by the end of that time frame - not still sitting out at room temperature.
The temperature of the water/salt solution will equalize to room temperature.
Cooked pork should not be at room temperature for more than 2 hours. Less time is better. Once the meat has cooled to 135°F, it should be cooled further to 70°F within two hours. Another 4 hours is permitted to have it cool to 40°F.
Cooked salmon should not be left at room temperature for more than 2 hours. If it has been left out longer than that, it should be thrown out because bacteria can grow quickly at room temperature. If the salmon is smoked, it should not be left out at room temperature for more than 3 hours.
That will depend how long you left it unrefrigerated. Cooked food should not be left unrefrigerated at room temperature for more than 2 hours. Any longer than that - consider discarding it.
4 hours