The safe cooked steak chart

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Life saving tips

Steak lovers are allover the world and they have to know about the cooked steak chart to be able to have their favorite dish safely with no harm.

This post is dedicated to steak enthusiasts worldwide, celebrating their passion for this beloved dish.

But what kind of harm can occur after eating undercooked steak ?

According to CDC website, approximately 48 million American get sick every single year, 128,000 are being hospitalized and 3000 person die annually due to foodborne illnesses.

We are here to put in front of our followers some facts about the danger of undercooked steak, how to reach the safe temperature, how to measure this internal temperature and some other additional safety tips while handling and eating our delicious steak.

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undercooked steak danger

The proper COOKED STEAK CHART

How o manage the internal temperature of steak

undercooked steak danger

Harmful bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella are most likely to grow and cause their effects in the undercooked meat.

This can cause unwanted symptoms like nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and even worse.

Imagen that more than 73,000 cases suffer these symptoms due to E. Coil, more than 2100 case enter the hospitals in USA annually.

And the CDC records about 61 deaths each year.

And for Salmonella infections, it causes more than 1.3 million illness cases, more than 25,000 hospitalized cases and approximately 420 fatality each year.

To avoid these symptoms, chefs and food handlers need to follow the recommended international temperature guidelines.

This can prevent the danger zone, “which is the most proper temperature for bacterial activity”

Let’s now show you what is this cooked steak chart look like.

The proper cooked steak chart

It is crucial to know that there is no approved chart from CDC or FDA about the different temperatures for steak.

But they do recommend safe minimum internal temperatures for meat cooking.

The internal temperature need to be not less than 145 °F (63°C)

For this reason, food preparation experts decided that this temperature should be the ideal for the rare steak.

Rare = 145 °F (3 minute rest)
Medium-Rare = 160 °F (with a 3 minute rest)
Medium = 165 °F (no rest time required)
Medium-Well = 170 °F (no rest time required)
Well-Done = 175 °F (no rest time required)

SO, now we will dive into how to control and measure the internal temperature of your steak.

how to manage the internal temperature of steak

The most important tool in this section is the meat thermometer.

By this tool, you will be able to monitor the internal change of the temperature of your steak.

It is important to make the probe reach the center of your steak.

Depending on the size of your business, you can select the proper thermometer.

For example, if you need a personal tool for your home kitchen, a leave-in meat thermometer will do the job for you.

While if you are a food business owner who introduce food services for public, you may need a bigger and more professional way.

Here we recommend a thermocouple device, which provides a fast and accurate temperature readings.

Make sure that your tool for reading and measuring the temperature is properly calibrated in time for accurate readings.

Additional food safety tips

There are many food safety related advices other than following the cooked steak chart need to be followed.

The same tips we covered before many times inside our food safety consultation tips. Here are some.

It is very important to let your steak few minutes to rest, this will ensure the redistribution of the juice. and the result will be better flavor and more tender for your steak.