How long can you store meat in the freezer?
Reader Mike from Nashville writes to ask: “How long is it safe to keep meat in the freezer?” I did some checking and talked to the Texas Beef Council, and a number of other sources to pull together this chart of storage time for common barbecue items. Here’s the breakdown:
| Refrigerator | Freezer | |
| Steaks and Roasts | 3 or 4 days | 6 to 12 months |
| Ground Beef | 1 or 2 days | 3 to 4 months |
| Cooked Beef | 3 or 4 days | 2 to 3 months |
| Chicken (Pieces) | 1 or 2 days | 1 year |
| Chicken (Whole) | 1 or 2 days | 6 months |
| Cooked Chicken | 3 or 4 days | 4 to 6 months |
| Pork Chops and Roasts | 3 to 5 days | 4 to 6 months |
| Cooked Pork | 3 to 4 days | 1 to 2 months |
| Sausage | 1 or 2 days | 1 to 2 months |
| Sausage (Cooked) | 3 to 5 days | 1 to 2 months |
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July 19th, 2006 at 3:11 am
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