Can You Refrigerate Cooked Food? | Hot Food In The Fridge?

Can you put hot food in the fridge? Cooling hot food safely is very important, but many people believe that you cannot put cooked food in the fridge. This video explains why hot food in the refrigerator is okay and discusses storing cooked food in the fridge.
Apparently, the idea that hot food can’t go into the fridge stems from back in the day when refrigerators weren’t very powerful, if you put hot food in an old fridge, everything else in the fridge would warm up, allowing bacteria to grow and spoil everything in the fridge
Luckily, fridges made this century are very efficient, so if you put cooked food into the refrigerator, it will be cooled down, preventing bacterial growth and keeping you safe and healthy
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00:00 Cooking with Jesse Intro
00:25 The Common Problem
01:02 How Bacteria Grows
01:46 Myth Origins
02:14 Normal Fridge Temperature
02:31 Food Safety Tips
02:56 Reheating Food
03:25 Cooking with Jesse Outro

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Do YOU put hot food in the fridge, or do you leave it out on the bench to cool down? Many people disagree on this, so leave a comment and let us know how you feel about it :D

[@tobyjohnson2771]

Yes agreed! I've worked in so many kitchens where chefs tell me 'No man you have to leave that pumpkin soup out on the bench and wait for it to cool down, then refrigerate it later, I'm a chef I'm always right blah blah blah' But then I worked for a chef who wasn't an idiot and we both agreed that if we pressure cook a soup to boiling point, blend it and then quickly cover it with gladwrap and refrigerate it BEFORE it cools down, we're actually maintaining a completely sterile environment for the soup! All the bacteria is killed in the process of cooking and kept out by covering and 'fridging' afterwards. Proof? The soup would last a hell of a lot longer than I'd ever seen before.

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @Toby Johnson I'm glad you agree haha, thanks so much for sharing your story! Hope you're doing well, cheers for watching legend. P.S I found out that you lose approximately 4% oxygen every time you breath out. So 21% in -> 17% out, 17% in-> 13% out...make sense? Haha, take care friend!

[@tobyjohnson2771]

@@TheTravellingScientist Oh god... 13% in 9% out... 5% in... 1% out.... 'asphyxiates'

[@utubestalker.dotcom]

@@TheTravellingScientist I guess it depends on what kind of refrigerator you have and what you have stocked in there. Most people have a consumer grade fridge that over time degrades, but most people will keep for years until it dies. Putting hot foods into the fridge causes the interior refrigerator to become warmer making the refrigerator work harder to cool down keeping everything in it from going bad. I know someone who graduated with a culinary degree that also puts hot foods in a consumer refrigerator, however she can't figure out why her fruits, veggies, and other perishables goes bad so fast. (For reference see Article: "Science ABC, What Happens When You Put Hot Food In The Fridge")

[@sabasiddiqui429]

@@utubestalker.dotcom yes exactly, that's what my query is! I have heard people say that if you put hot food in fridge it spoils the fridge's compressor or maybe some other hardware. My fridge is also pretty old, 9 years old. Please could you (or anybody who reads my comment) help me with my query?

[@bilkissdhar787]

Thks.Am Receiving guests tomorrow for lunch.so I cook at night. Fingers crossed.

[@CodeF416]

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[@theekshaambar1745]

That was so informative.. Thankyou

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Thank you for the intel, may God bless you.

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @Giovanni Michel thank you, and thanks to god too. What a legend :D

[@jon1930]

Jesse the traveling dietitian and fridge salesman lol. Good stuff dude

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @jon haha that's what they call me :D Thanks so much for watching and commenting legend

[@MegaLiggie]

thanks

[@AnthonyHainsley]

Great video

[@RAP4EVERMRC96]

How long is too long? If no other option than to letting it cool down, because other items must at all cost stay below 7*C, what is considered a safe time before putting it in the fridge?

[@gequitz]

Guess I'll stop doing that now. Thanks!

[@OnlyPenguian]

The issue is the effect of the extra heat on the temperature inside the refrigerator, especially if the hot food takes a long time to cool. You could be subjecting the rest of the food in the fridge to higher than normal temperatures for a long time, allowing bacteria to grow there. I would like to see an actual experiment to prove or disprove this point.

[@aliesmailiyan9300]

I removed my cooked chicken from oven and forgot to put it in the refrigerator for 4 hours . the temp of the room was 17 Celsius . do you think I have to throw it away? Considering that boiling food takes time to get to room temperature

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @Ali Esmailiyan sorry that it took me 6 days to respond to this question, I hope that by now the chicken is gone. I probably wouldn't have thrown it away instantly after 4 hours, but wouldn't have kept it much longer than a day after. Hope that helps, Cheers for watching and commenting Legend!

[@sheryllcrowe9031]

Not quite what I said young man😳😊

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Aww C'mon Mum, I said you're a gun cook :D hope you enjoyed the video

[@smokedaddy101]

Here because I literally had this conversation with my chef and try to explain this to him but he's the chef and I'm not.

[@leehollywood196]

Can you put I straight in the freezer

[@12vLife]

I'm in Florida. I camp in a small van some times. it has a small 12v fridge that can run 24x7 at 40F in my simple power setup. Mostly I refrigerate cause the van can get up to 100F inside during the middle of the day . But in our so-called winter, it can get down to 40F some nights. When I does , I have an electric blanket but don't have enough power to run the fridge and the blanket. I know veggies will be fine overnight at around 50F without a fridge, but how about cured ham and left over deep fried chicken with the skin? cheese? left over pizza?

[@utubestalker.dotcom]

i imagine putting a small pot of hot soup straight off the stove into your little refrigerator will end up spoiling everything that you have in it, and over work your fridge, which means more electricity to run it

[@12vLife]

Thanks for response. Its a tiny 15L fridge/freezer and rarely has meat. Also no milk, cheese or eggs. I keep about a weeks worth of salad, an onion, a green pepper, some chocolate, PB, mayo and powdered creamer. If I ever store left overs it will be some room temp pizza or Chinese I would be eating in the next 2 days. Any raw meat would be stored seasoned in garlic and consumed in 48 hours.

[@drewluoma8347]

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[@TheTravellingScientist]

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[@ethiopiawit9802]

when I take out food that was in the Refrigerator and cook it again, the amoeba hurts me

[@gelainelord2661]

Leave it out on the bench to cool down also put a lid or cover it until your ready to taste. The traveling science. Adding a opinion.

[@rroge5]

I dare you to take the script from this video and redo it on a public transport bus you'd be looking to catch a lynchmob lol... You know I'm joking .,

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @ronald rogerson I know right, seems like most people disagree with me...but I don't understand why, the science makes sense right!?

[@rroge5]

@@TheTravellingScientist I know you are right but our talk might sound like gay and tarded talk to them. Look up the movie Idiocracy

[@aronbarsukov]

I always thought that it's bad for the fridge

[@LJAlex-]

It is, as hot food will create a lingering smell in the fridge which can mess with more soft-structured ingredients like strawberries

[@bilkissdhar787]

Me too.

[@rroge5]

What I do with cooked food is I take the freezer packs out of the freezer and i 1 under and on top and on the sides of my food. I then play a game of fortnite then the food is chilled... If I don't do that I water-cool the food,bowl in sink. If I don't do that I fan cool it ...this ain't a dusty factory and it ain't some passively cooled device.

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @ronald rogerson I agree with everything you said...except for the part about Fortnite, screw that game haha. Cheers for watching and commenting legend!

[@MiszVamprGrl]

Audio my dear.. I love watching.. listening is a bit more difficult

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @Fearless_ I am so sorry, my microphone was a bit far away and I don't normally film in the kitchen haha. I promise the audio is good in all of my other videos, feel free to check them out :D Cheers for watching and commenting legend, I will strive for better audio in the future!

[@viperracing2889]

Sound is terrible. You need some sound dampening in that kitchen.

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @Viper Racing I am so sorry, my microphone was a bit far away and I don't normally film in the kitchen haha. I promise the audio is good in all of my other videos, feel free to check them out :D Cheers for watching and commenting legend, I will strive for better audio in the future!

[@quintonbates5281]

I have an iron stomach

[@TheTravellingScientist]

Hey @Quinton Bates good on you, some people are very resistant to enteric infections, especially when they eat a lot of questionable foods haha, but nobody is invincible! Be smart, be safe and Cheers for watching and commenting Legend!

[@LJAlex-]

Pretty sure your fridge would reek of whatever hot stuff you put in there, potentially ruining contrasting favoured ingredients. I don't think you want chicken flavored strawberries, unless that's your thing 💀. Also I haven't tested it myself, but on an episode of kitchen nightmares, Ramsey claims that putting hot tomato sauce will cause it to go sour. Some kitchens do have what's known as a "blast chiller", which is designed to cool down food much faster than a fridge, to then be moved to the main fridge as to save space from being taken up by foods which are cooling. It also filters out the smell through a vent, which i covered why is important already.

[@youssefbairouk2803]

I left my chicken all night out the fridge more then 8 hours and I ate it next day nothing happened to me 😊 Guys just don't throw the food. Food not ganna kill you.

[@Fay3-]

Everybody’s body is different. What works for you may not work for someone else and you spreading misinformation could seriously harm someone.

[@alien7161]

@@Fay3- Just eat it. You will be fine.

[@goabparty9574]

This is completely false. Why are you spreading nonsense?