Test chicken, beef, and other proteins for doneness with these accurate meat thermometers. Courtesy of Amazon If you often find yourself cutting into pork or poking chicken breast to check it's ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While it may not be the sexiest tool in your culinary drawer, the meat thermometer is an important one.

Meat thermometers aren't optional—misjudging temperature could lead to serious consequences.

That's where a reliable meat thermometer comes in. To find the best, our lab tested 19 digital probe meat thermometers in various scenarios. While there were commonalities (such as a wide temperature ...

This scenario might sound familiar. You’ve spent time in the kitchen cooking a wonderful meal. You plate everything up, but when you sit down and cut into your piece of meat it’s totally overcooked — ...

If you judge the doneness of your turkey by taking it out of the oven when the skin turns golden brown, you risk giving food poisoning to everyone at your holiday feast. Let’s not do that. The best ...

And the solution is on sale. A panoply of steak-cooking tips exists. You can check the doneness of steak and many other cuts of meat without a thermometer, whether that’s by following a timetable, ...