Chief Longwind Of The North
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I hate it when tools you rely on don't work properly. Here's my latest failed tool experience. I purchased a pair of pork sirloin toasts, bone-in. hey came packaged together and sold for a very good price. Last night I fugured that I'd cook up both at the same time, using one for the dinner meal, and one to slice for sandwiches or maybe turn into pulled pork. I placed dial-type meat thermometers into the meat, with the point pushing into the roast center. I cooked the roasts uncovered, starting in a 460' oven for 20 minutes, and finnishing at 375 until the thermometers both read 165' F. I removed the roasts and let them rest. To my surprize, there was blood on the plate.
A quick cut into the meat showed me much more red than I wanted in pork. I don't mind a bit of light pink, but no red. At 165' read at the center, the meat should have been white throughout. And where the thermometer tips were located, the meat was the most red.
I know that my quick-read thermometer is off by 15 degrees as well. But it's off in the other direction. It shows 165 when the food is 180, as confirmed by an accurate thermometer that the health inspectors tested with at the last chili cookoff I competed in.
I guess I'm just going to have to spend more money on a better thermometer. I think I'll go digital this time around.
Any other tool-failure rants are welcome on this thread.
Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
A quick cut into the meat showed me much more red than I wanted in pork. I don't mind a bit of light pink, but no red. At 165' read at the center, the meat should have been white throughout. And where the thermometer tips were located, the meat was the most red.
I know that my quick-read thermometer is off by 15 degrees as well. But it's off in the other direction. It shows 165 when the food is 180, as confirmed by an accurate thermometer that the health inspectors tested with at the last chili cookoff I competed in.
I guess I'm just going to have to spend more money on a better thermometer. I think I'll go digital this time around.
Any other tool-failure rants are welcome on this thread.
Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North