{"id":1008,"date":"2022-02-25T01:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pittsburghgasgrill.com\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2022-02-25T01:40:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:40:16","slug":"when-should-i-use-a-meat-thermometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/when-should-i-use-a-meat-thermometer\/","title":{"rendered":"When should I use a meat thermometer?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Use a meat thermometer when cooking large pieces of meat, poultry and game to know that your meal has been cooked adequately. Push your thermometer into the thickest part of the meat. For accurate temperature reading, the tip of the thermometer should not touch fat layers, bone or gristle, or if using the rotisserie, the spit rod. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following chart will provide you with temperatures for the degree of doneness for different types of meat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Beef<\/strong><\/td><td>Medium-rare<br>Medium<br>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>145\u00b0 F<br>160\u00b0 F<br>170\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ground Meats<\/strong><br>(beef, lamb &amp; pork)<\/td><td>Medium<br>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>160\u00b0 F<br>170\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Pork<\/strong><\/td><td>Medium<br>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>160\u00b0 F<br>170\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Ham<\/strong><\/td><td>Fully cooked<\/td><td><strong>140\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Turkey<\/strong><br>(Whole)<br>(Breast)<br>(Dark meat)<\/td><td><br>Well-done<br>Medium<br>Well-done<\/td><td><br>180\u00b0 F<br>170\u00b0 F<br>180\u00b0 F<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Chicken<\/strong><\/td><td>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>180\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Duckling<\/strong><\/td><td>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>180\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Lamb<\/strong><\/td><td>Medium-rare<br>Medium<\/td><td><strong>150\u00b0 F<br>180\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Sausage<\/strong><br>(Fresh Bratwurst<br>Italian &amp; Polish)<\/td><td>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>170\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Veal<\/strong><\/td><td>Medium<br>Well-done<\/td><td><strong>160\u00b0 F<br>180\u00b0 F<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use a meat thermometer when cooking large pieces of meat, poultry and game to know that your meal has been cooked adequately. Push your thermometer into the thickest part of the meat. For accurate temperature reading, the tip of the thermometer should not touch fat layers, bone or gristle, or if using the rotisserie, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010,"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/1010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aelign.com\/archive\/pgghco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}