We're heading to a neighboring town to pick up a couple of packer briskets tomorrow. No one in this town carries them -- and most of the meat department guys I have talked to don't even know what I am talking about when I ask.
Anyway, it is about a 30 minute drive from where we get them back to our house. In the past I have placed them in an ice chest and put a large bag of ice on top of them for the trip home. We have usually come straight home after the brisket purchase.
Well, my wife wants to make a few side trips and since the place that sells the briskets closes earlier than the places that she wants to go, I have a question.
If I take 1 (or 2) packer briskets from cold storage at the meat place and put them in a 48 quart Igloo ice chest (that will be precooled with ice) and then fill it completely with ice, are the briskets likely to remain below 40° for an hour or two? The ice chest will be in the trunk of our car and temperatures around here have been in the 90s during the period that we would be driving. I could put a temp probe in the cooler and temp it when I get home but if this sounds like it won't work, I don't even want to try it.
I know there are quite a few variables involved but what's your best guess?
Thanks.
Dave
Anyway, it is about a 30 minute drive from where we get them back to our house. In the past I have placed them in an ice chest and put a large bag of ice on top of them for the trip home. We have usually come straight home after the brisket purchase.
Well, my wife wants to make a few side trips and since the place that sells the briskets closes earlier than the places that she wants to go, I have a question.
If I take 1 (or 2) packer briskets from cold storage at the meat place and put them in a 48 quart Igloo ice chest (that will be precooled with ice) and then fill it completely with ice, are the briskets likely to remain below 40° for an hour or two? The ice chest will be in the trunk of our car and temperatures around here have been in the 90s during the period that we would be driving. I could put a temp probe in the cooler and temp it when I get home but if this sounds like it won't work, I don't even want to try it.
I know there are quite a few variables involved but what's your best guess?
Thanks.
Dave
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