The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

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consume; rather, it’s a combination of temperature
and time. The line on the graph above essentially
represents how long a piece of chicken must be held
at a specific temperature in order to be considered
safe to consume.


DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT

TIME    FOR
CHICKEN

TIME    FOR
TURKEY

135 63.3 minutes 64 minutes


140 25.2 minutes 28.1 minutes


145 8.4 minutes 10.5 minutes


150 2.7 minutes 3.8 minutes


155 44.2 seconds 1.2 minutes


160 13.7 seconds 25.6 seconds


165 Instantaneous Instantaneous

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