The basics of using a meat thermometer are simple: stick it with the pointy end. But getting the correct reading from the right place ensures you get the proper degree of doneness, according to ...

This week, common post-holiday-cooking-frenzy questions: Where do I place a meat thermometer in my turkey? And how do I use a meat thermometer? Use a meat thermometer to test cooked food for doneness.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're interested in cooking your food to a specific temperature, a trick most often associated with making the perfect steak, chances are ...

Which oven thermometer is best? Anyone who has ever cut into undercooked chicken or burnt a cake knows the importance of attention to detail when it comes to preparing food. The proper cooking ...

If you've ever been frustrated by dishes that need to bake much longer than the recipe indicates, or if you've walked away from a batch of cookies for just one minute to discover they're burnt beyond ...

Which oven thermometer is best? Ovens can differ from the temperature you set by up to 50 degrees. However, when baking, keeping the oven at a precise temperature is critical for achieving perfect ...

Shannon Majowicz has held or currently holds research grants and contracts to study food safety related issues from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World ...

Cooking the perfect steak can be tricky if you don't know how to tell when it's ready. Even with a meat thermometer, this can sometimes be difficult, and cooking without one is almost impossible.

If you don't have a meat thermometer, use this surprising tool that you probably already have in your kitchen to tell if your meat is done. (But also, buy a meat thermometer.) Alison Spiegel has been ...

Adulting is hard. It's even harder when you realize that you feel feverish, that you need to take your temperature, and that, whoops, you don't even own a thermometer. If you're feeling feverish, or ...