ThermoWorks
ThermoWorks Thermapen ONE
One second and half a degree. On a page about pasteurization that accuracy is not a luxury, it is the difference between a figure meaning something and not.
Doneness temperature by protein
Quick answer
What each doneness band means at the core, and how it compares with the USDA published safe minimum internal temperature. There are 24 pages in this set. PUBLISHED USDA safe minimum internal temperatures, alongside texture bands that are clearly marked as preference rather than safety.
All 24 pages
- Beef rare temperature
- Beef medium rare temperature
- Beef medium temperature
- Beef medium well temperature
- Beef well done temperature
- Pork medium rare temperature
- Pork medium temperature
- Pork usda temperature temperature
- Pork well done temperature
- Chicken very tender breast temperature
- Chicken traditional breast temperature
- Chicken usda temperature temperature
- Chicken thigh and dark meat temperature
- Fish translucent, sashimi like temperature
- Fish tender flake temperature
- Fish traditional flake temperature
- Fish usda temperature temperature
- Egg runny yolk, loose white temperature
- Egg jammy temperature
- Egg hard set temperature
- Lamb medium rare temperature
- Lamb medium temperature
- Lamb usda temperature temperature
- Lamb shoulder and shank temperature
Gear that fits these numbers
The gear this section keeps pointing at
ThermoWorks
ThermoWorks ThermoPop 2
A third of the Thermapen price for most of the useful accuracy. The right pick if you are buying your first real thermometer.
Typhur
Typhur Sync Gold Wireless Thermometer, 2 Probes
Slim probes leave a smaller hole, which matters more in a vacuum bag than it does in a roast.
Prices when last checked. They change often.
Frequently asked questions
How many pages are in this set?
24. Every one carries the same structure: a quick answer with the figure in it, a static table you can read or quote without running any scripts, and the source of the numbers. They are generated from one data file, which is why they stay consistent with each other.
Where do these numbers come from?
PUBLISHED USDA safe minimum internal temperatures, alongside texture bands that are clearly marked as preference rather than safety. We quote published USDA and FSIS figures with a link to the source, we label anything derived from a model as calculated and state the assumptions, and where we have no defensible figure we return nothing and say why rather than estimating one.