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Internal Temp for Pork Loin
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porterhouse64
Posts: 164
145 or 160?
I keep seeing both.
I keep seeing both.
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145 then REST
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145....At 160 your pork loin will be dry. I pulled mine yesterday at 142 and it was perfect.
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Thanks!!
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Pork should be slightly pink in color to be perfect. 145 is well done. Pull at 130-135 and rest. Don't worry, there is no such thing as trichinosis in commercial port anymore and hasn't been for 30 years. I actually pull at 125 and it melts in your mouth.
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pull it off at 135. will cruise to 140 or so.
this is not your great grandmother's pork. not a case of trichinosis from american USDA approved pork in decades. therefore, it's a food safety issue with regard to bacteria. everything's basically toast at 140, and right around that temp you'll still have a tinge of pink and a whole lot of moistureed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
Glad you agree. Here is an article Chefs vs. USDA. Pretty good if you look at these temps.
http://www.amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/meat_temperature_guide.html -
What's nice about roasts -- you really don't have to time them.
I pull pork loin @ 140F, double wrap in HD foil, and stash in the coller, with old towels around 'em. They'll hold for hours while guests are arriving, or while you're out golfing -- whatever.
Serve when you're ready -- Not to worry about the meat! It'll wait!
~ B -
if you read the USDA's own literature, you'll see there's a lot of telling information. for example, there is no such thing as a universal "40-140 for four hours" rule, but you'll hear it quoted up and down here. and anyone that steps outside that often gets smacked on the head and told to get back in line. hahaha
the USDA is careful to explain what tests they do, how they arrive at the numbers, and they makemention of margin of error for the cook, the thermometer, the oven, etc. etc.
they are overly conservative...
you know me though, there isn't anything in this world i take on face value or on someone's word. i dig until i get an answer that shuts me up (and i never shut up). hahaha
you and i are perhaps destined to die of food poisoning for eating pork at 135, 140. hahaha
i highly doubt it though.ed egli avea del cul fatto trombetta -Dante -
Ha, yeah... tell ya what, pull your next one at 125 and let me know. You'll be even more of a convert.
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