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  • #1 by Canadian John on 17 Feb 2018

  •  To determine doneness, what method(s) do you use?

     -Thermometer.

     -Touch method.

     -Time.

     -Looks.
  • #2 by rwalters on 17 Feb 2018
  • Thermapen... pretty much 100% of the time.
  • #3 by triplebq on 17 Feb 2018
  • Usually Temp. On ribs sometime I go by feel.
  • #4 by Bar-B-Lew on 17 Feb 2018
  • I would say a combination of all of them depending on the meat.  I usually have a decent estimate of the time.  Once that passes, I may press the meat for firmness (chicken, steak, burgers, chops, sausage) and then stick a thermometer in it to see if it hit the temp I desire.  For shoulders and briskets, go by time, then check temp with thermometer and also go by feel of thermometer going into the meat.  For ribs, go by time then go by look with a bend test.
  • #5 by Jcorwin818 on 17 Feb 2018
  • I would say a combination of all of them depending on the meat.  I usually have a decent estimate of the time.  Once that passes, I may press the meat for firmness (chicken, steak, burgers, chops, sausage) and then stick a thermometer in it to see if it hit the temp I desire.  For shoulders and briskets, go by time, then check temp with thermometer and also go by feel of thermometer going into the meat.  For ribs, go by time then go by look with a bend test.

    I agree with Bar-B-Lew.
  • #6 by silverbullet on 17 Feb 2018
  • My wife is a real stickler when it comes to how she wants her meat done. So for me its the Thremapen that gets the final say.
  • #7 by hokiepop on 17 Feb 2018
  • I always use a thermapen for the final check.
  • #8 by cookingjnj on 17 Feb 2018
  • A combo of all four depending on what I am cooking and the method by which it is being cooked.
  • #9 by SmokinHandyman on 19 Feb 2018
  • Mostly by temperature
  • #10 by Darwin on 19 Feb 2018
  • My sense of touch is still accurate, but I will use a thermometer for large cuts of meat.
  • #11 by Bentley on 19 Feb 2018
  • For me, on meats that will have color in them, it is Science from now on.  I pretty much know that on a piece of meat that I want medium rare, that 135° +-2° is gonna be it for me...Why guess!  The high temperature IT's, that is all feel!

    And if you do want to go by feel, a good guide is to use that little area between your index finger and thumb. Lightly touch your index finger to the thumb and feel that area, that is rare, middle finger, med rare, 4th finger medium, pinky, med well...
  • #12 by dieselr88 on 19 Feb 2018
  • Usually thermapen, ribs-bend test and looks
  • #13 by dshaffes on 19 Feb 2018
  • I always time and use a thermapen, but will include look and touch when the cook calls for it.
  • #14 by David on 20 Feb 2018
  • Ribs is bend test  everything else gets the thermapen
  • #15 by Michael_NW on 20 Feb 2018
  • I use time to get me in the neighborhood, then it's by temp for the large cuts with probing, and feel for the thinner cuts like ribs.
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