02/02/2026
🏈🍽️ Your Guide to Hosting a Penalty-Free Super Bowl Party 🍽️🏈
🧼 CLEAN: Lead a good warm up
-Begin your party food prep by washing hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds.
-Wash and sanitize dishware and utensils before using them to prepare, warm, cook, or serve any foods.
🛡️ SEPARATE: Keep up the defense
-Don’t allow a pass interference to contaminate your ready-to-eat foods.
-Keep all raw meat and poultry away from ready-to-eat foods while preparing and mixing items.
-Use clean and different utensils for each dish and avoid using your own personal utensil to serve yourself foods from the buffet.
🔥 COOK: Avoid a false start
-Use a food thermometer to ensure that all meats, poultry, and other cooked food items have been cooked to a safe internal temperature before serving.
❄️ CHILL: Watch the clock
-Once kickoff happens, partygoers and hosts are focused on the game—however, don’t let the play clock expire on those party foods. Consider putting foods out in batches so they aren’t staying out longer than the two-hour time limit.
-Before halftime, take a TIMEOUT ⏱️ Check your food to make sure hot foods are still hot and cold foods are still cold.
-Ensure crockpots are on the “warm” or “low” setting, always use a cold source (like a bowl of ice) under cold foods, and check throughout the party to make sure dips and cheeses are still cold.
