Maintenance shed porch curing

[Salty Crackers]

I noticed during my last expedition to BR that you are able to cure in the porch area. Does this mean it no longer counts as outside for fire duration, meat storage and cabin fever?

[UpUpAway95]

Since I am currently in Broken Railroad, I ran a quick test... I can't say about cabin fever since I don't have that right now and I'm not prepared to get it just to test that part.  However, the air temperature in the porch area is the same as outside the porch area, so fires should burn the same duration as they do outside the porch.  For meat, I placed two steaks that were the same condition... one in the porch and one inside the maintenance shed.  The one inside the maintenance shed is clearly degrading quicker than the one in the porch.