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The danger zone for food is between about 20 to 45 degrees Celsius. You can let hot food cool for an hour or so, but you've gotta get it into the fridge before it spends much time in that zone.
Obviously the amount of time this is a risk varies wildly by food, and some things are actually salty, acidic or fatty enough to limit a lot of bacterial growth for a surprising amount of time. But it's just more sensible to not roll the dice on food safely
For the Americans, the temperature danger zone is 45 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
Wait, so since tomatoes are acidic is that why it's not as big of a deal to let dishes with it cool completely before fridgerating? My ex told me that fridgerating too early makes the tomato go sour, so like chili I try to split into smaller containers to cool more quickly. Still makes me nervous leaving it out too long, but I haven't had issues yet
Not sure about the sourness thing, but a tomato pasta sauce without meat can probably get away with it a few hours longer, but I'd probably still just pop it into the fridge when it got cool enough anyway.
Chili with meat in, I'd be more careful of.