long can bacon be at room temp
Bacon CAN be heavily smoked and cured for room-temperature storage, but most grocery-store bacon is not this kind. Due to the nitrates/nitrates and smoking process, normal bacon should be safe at room temperature for longer than the 2 hours we give uncured meats, but 32 hours is simply WAY TOO LONG.share | improve this answer.answered Sep 30 '11 at 5:15. BobMcGee. bought a package of Appleton Farms, hardwood smoked, sugar cured, sliced bacon about 32 hours ago & forgot to put it in the refrigerator. The ingredients state cured with: water, salt, sugar,sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrate. The package is still sealed.