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Kitchen thermometers and safe cooking temperatures
Kitchen thermometers and safe cooking temperatures: the official safe minimum internal temperature per food, with the time-temperature equivalences that…
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What this guide covers
The official safe minimum internal temperature per food, with the time-temperature equivalences that show why 60 °C held long enough does the same job as a hotter instant reading — the fact that makes sous-vide and low-and-slow safe.
Item pages cover instant-read versus leave-in probe versus infrared gun (and why a gun cannot read an interior), thermocouple response times, ice-water and boiling-point calibration with an altitude correction, probe placement per cut, carryover, reheating and hot-holding, and fridge and oven thermometers. ~16 pages.
How to use it
Use Kitchen thermometers and safe cooking temperatures to understand the inputs, units and assumptions before relying on an output. A useful result should be reproducible from the named source rather than presented as an unexplained score.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | liha sisetemperatuur tabel |
| Finnish | lihan sisälämpötila taulukko |
| Russian | температура прожарки мяса таблица |
| English | chicken internal temperature |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: USDA FSIS safe minimum internal temperature charts and time-temperature tables (US government, public domain), UK FSA guidance (OGL), EFSA opinions (free); boiling point by altitude computed. · checked 2026-09-09
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Scope and boundaries
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Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
The official safe minimum internal temperature per food, with the time-temperature equivalences that show why 60 °C held long enough does the same job as a hotter instant reading — the fact that makes sous-vide and low-and-slow safe. Item pages cover instant-read versus leave-in probe versus infrared gun (and why a gun cannot read an interior), thermocouple response times, ice-water and boiling-point calibration with an altitude correction, probe placement per cut, carryover, reheating and hot-holding, and fridge…
What evidence does it use?
USDA FSIS safe minimum internal temperature charts and time-temperature tables (US government, public domain), UK FSA guidance (OGL), EFSA opinions (free); boiling point by altitude computed.
Where does this guide stop?
It explains the topic and points to primary or official sources. It does not replace a qualified professional, an official decision, or advice based on your own circumstances.
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