Storing cooked pork butt in a cooler

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Hubby and I are going on our first camping trip of the season this weekend /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif and our plan is to bring the WSM and the Jumbo Joe. /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif (can ya tell I'm looking forward to it?)

We will leave on Thursday and come back Monday. We're on sort of a tight budget, so I'm not going to get as extravagant on the food as I normally do. I'm going to pick up a pork shoulder from Costco and do an overnight cook Thursday night. My plan is to pretty much live on pulled pork sandwiches and beer all weekend.

My question is, will the cooler suffice to keep the leftover pork cold enough for safety? We have a heavy-duty Coleman cooler and will keep it well stocked with ice and will keep the cooler in the shade. The pork will go into watertight plastic containers. If we keep the containers buried in the ice, think we'll be safe enough?

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The Danger zone is 40f to 140f. Keep it below 40f and all is well. The Catering supply house I use had a bucket full of NSF thermometers for fridge and freezer for under $2 each. If you have a thermometer in a ziplock with your meat you will know for sure. This is for the paranoid. I'd just bury it in ice and be happy /infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
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Thank you, Jim and Konrad. We'll only be a short scoot to a small store, so we should have no problem keeping it well buried in ice. Might have to toss in a party pack of Johnsonville brats too, just for some variety.

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