Food group · 87 items

Leftovers & Deli: Shelf Life Chart

Counter, fridge and freezer times for cooked leftovers, deli meat, salads and dips, sealed or opened, collected in one sortable chart. Every figure comes from USDA FoodKeeper and was re-checked November 2026.

Deli meat

87 of 87 items shown · in A–Z order

Storage times from USDA FoodKeeper · printed from diagxcar.com · keep it on your fridge door.

			Good to freeze?	Fridge, sealed	Countertop
Baked potatoes	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Baked ziti	3–4 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Beef stew	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Bologna	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	2 weeks	2 hours
Burritos	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Canadian bacon	10 days	12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Canadian bacon (whole)	2 weeks	2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Casseroles	3–4 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Chicken in gravy	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Chicken noodle soup	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Chicken salad	3–4 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Chili	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Chinese takeout	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Coleslaw	3–5 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Cooked bacon	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked beans	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked beef	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked broccoli	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked ground beef	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked mushrooms	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked oatmeal	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked pasta	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked pork	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked potatoes	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked rice	4–6 days	6 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked sausage	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked steak	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked sweet potatoes	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked vegetables	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Curry	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cut fruit	4 days	Not recommended	No	Use-by date	2 hours
Deli chicken	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	2 weeks	2 hours
Deli ham	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	2 weeks	2 hours
Deli meat	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Deli roast beef	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Deli turkey	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	2 weeks	2 hours
Egg salad	3–4 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Enchiladas	3–4 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Fresh salsa	4–7 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Fried rice	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Goulash	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Guacamole	3–4 days	3–4 months	For cooking	—	2 hours
Ham salad	3–4 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Hamburgers	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Homemade hummus	7 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Homemade kugel	3–4 days	1 month	Yes	—	2 hours
Homemade salsa	5–7 days	12 months	For cooking	—	2 hours
Homemade vegetable soup	3–4 days	3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Hummus	7 days	Not recommended	No	3 months	2 hours
Lasagna	3–4 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Leftovers with meat	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Leftovers without meat	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Lentil soup	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Mac and cheese	3–4 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Mashed potatoes	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Meat in gravy	3–4 days	6 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Meat sauce	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Meatballs	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Meatloaf	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Miso soup	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Olive bar olives	2 weeks	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Packaged lunch meat	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	2 weeks	2 hours
Pasta salad	3–5 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Pâté	1–2 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pho	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pico de gallo	5–7 days	12 months	For cooking	—	2 hours
Pizza	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pot roast	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Potato salad	3–5 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Potato soup	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pozole	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Prepared meals	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pulled pork	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Roast beef	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Roasted vegetables	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Salami	3–5 days	1–2 months	Yes	2 weeks	2 hours
Salmon salad	3–4 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Shepherd's pie	3–4 days	Not listed	—	—	2 hours
Shrimp salad	3–4 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Soup	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Spaghetti and meatballs	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Stew	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Stir-fry	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Taco meat	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Tamales	3–4 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Tuna salad	3–4 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Vacuum-packed dinners	2 weeks	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours