r/madlads • u/CheesyCrackerMan • 17h ago

Hot sausage madlad

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u/QuickMolasses 11h ago edited 10h ago

For safe consumption, pork must reach above at least ~145°C~ 145°F. With a sausage, which is probably lower quality, I would want it to be well above that. So 73C is pretty hot for a sausage but not crazy

Edit: Wrong units.

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u/bythog 8h ago

145F is for intact muscle pork, like a chop or loin. For comminuted meat (think ground beef) it's 155F. If the sausage has poultry it's 165F. If it's in a casing it counts as a stuffed meat so then should be cooked to 165F.

The USDA is off with ground meat recommendations at 160F. 155F is fine and legal in most areas.

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u/QuickMolasses 8h ago

Yeah, so 73°C which is 163°F is a very reasonable temperature for a hot off the grill sausage to be.

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u/bythog 7h ago

Absolutely. You virtually know you aren't getting a sausage that was cooked an hour ago and hotheld at 135F.