Only when I’m slow roasting something that take hours. I got a bluetooth meat thermometer as a gift a little while back and it’s really convenient. There’s an app that goes with it. I just set what type of meat it is and insert the thermometer and let it cook. The app tells me when the food is ready.
But that’s only for large pieces of meat that take a long time. For anything on the stovetop or grill, or any smaller pieces of meat in the over/airfryer I just do it by feel. I’ve been cooking long enough that I can tell when a piece of meat is ready just by pushing on it to feel the firmness. And I have a pretty intuitive sense for how long something takes to cook.
That’s what I call it when my SO gives me a BJ when she has a fever.
Absolutely, and not just for meats. Anything that has a temperature requirement for best cooking method.
An instant-read thermometer is a game changer to make sure fish, meat, and anything else that needs it is properly cooked, and just as importantly, not over-cooked.
Found this and wanted to share! Thanks for the tip 🤯
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This was meant to be a reply to @BanjoShepard@lemmy.world, ugh.
Yep. I use an instant-read thermometer wherever I’m cooking whole pieces of meat. If I’ve cut it intobite-sized pieces, I do not. I don’t cook beef at home anymore, but would only use it for things like roasts.
Yes, when I have a flu.
Yes, for meats and breads.
Yep. I also keep an infrared thermometer in my kitchen. Sometimes it’s really nice to know the surface temp of a pan too.
Didn’t in the past, then got a digital one with a magnet so it sticks to the fridge and has safe temps for different meats on the back. Now I use it all the time
Yeah, mostly for turkey times, but also to make sure the water coming from my sink isn’t boiling.
It is boiling, so more to make sure my attempts to cool it worked. Which those work fine.
Every time.
Every time. Worth doing every time as well.
Don’t you?
Yes. It will tell you what’s happening where your eyes cannot see.
Is that a euphemism?!
I’d put my meat thermometer in her!
Exactly!
Perpetually, when cooking meat.
