Should You Keep or Throw Away Cold Food in a Power Outage?

What should you do with your groceries if you lose power in a storm? Inside Edition spoke with chef Franklin Becker, a food safety expert, to get some tips. First order of business is keeping things cold. Don’t open the fridge longer than necessary, and put any ice packs or dry ice you might have in the fridge. Eat beef first, as it will go bad the quickest. You can also fill your washing machine with ice to create a cooler, and the water will drain out as it melts.

[tigerman]

only reason we throw food out is if it smells weird than what its normally supposed to smell like, or mold

[Seannosaurus]

it depends on how long the power outage lasts

[Frenite]

This is what people had to do in the old days before refrigerators. It’s been done before, and it certainly can be done again.

[mem]

Fun fact: cold things melt when its too hot

[julievaldez]

“The fridge broke, so I had to eat everything”-Joey Tribbiani

[Greenpoloboy]

Another tip in an outage. Keep frozen foods out of direct sunlight and away from hot fires

[cultmich]

thanks inside edition now i know whether or not i should keep or throw away cold food in a power outage! very cool!

[Smoovy]

I’m sure I can keep eggs outside of the refrigerator for longer than 2 days

[JesManVP]

Fun fact if you had a power outage because of a snow storm you don't need these tips

[nothing-kntc]

whenever there is a power outage, just don’t open the refrigerator

[bomberkingbomber]

*The thing is… if you have ice and you leave to go on vacation and you come back and the ice is melted you toss everything!*

[carlosgaribay]

you know I have a sneaky suspicion I’m gonna get a power outage today

[proudkentuckygirll]

Plot Twist: Youre out of power so you can watch this

[selwynjsilk]

I’m happy for the Lil tips appreciate it 💯

[MONi_LALA]

We have two days power outage and we open it up 10 times. And my ice still rock solid when power come back on. So yeah, don't open your fridge often.

[GeorgiaAndrea]

Another thing is never open the fridge and you can keep the fridge very cold longer.

[theswapmeetflea]

Me - well, I always wanted to try speed eating, now is the perfect time than any.
*(Nom nom nom nom)*
Save the food! 🤤

[macmac]

we have chickens that produce eggs. always good out for almost a month our whole life, never been sick

[calebbourassa]

Can you imagine that you do all of those thing and literally two second after, the power come back

[whospilledmybeans]

Yall act like every person is a millionaire superhero who can go out and buy ice, have 20 generators, and technology that costs tons of money. Like maybe the 20 percenters can do that but the common man it isnt worth getting sick