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17742701 No.17742701 [Reply] [Original]

Why do people use these? Just cook the meat and learn with the process.

>oh no the meat is overcooked
so what? Eat it and learn.

If people complain, tell them to cook their own meat.

>> No.17742724

yes, it's super easy. just cook the same cut in the same size every time and enjoy overcooked meat until you get it perfect instead of doing it right instantly using a $10 gadget

>> No.17742745

>>17742701
Using a thermometer while you're learning helps to teach you what is right. Keep temping and feeling, and you'll learn what the proper doneness feels like.

>> No.17742771

>>17742701
Those who know, know.

>> No.17742786

>>17742745
>>17742724
Is it really that hard? And you can still overcook with a thermometer, learning times, or better by how it looks and feels, is way superior. I find that people that use thermometers actually usually end up overcooking because of the fact that when you take something out of the pan/oven that it's still actually cooking and so technically you want to take it out before it hits the target temp. If you just learn to cook by feel this will happen far less.
I mean I'm not OP, so to each their own, but personally I feel that thermometers are a crutch and the sign of a chef insecure about their cooking prowess.

>> No.17742787

>>17742701
The only thing that matters when cooking meat is internal meat temperature. Time and heat temp of the smoker oven or bbq are a good general guideline but ultimately you should use a meat thermometer to get it to the perfect temp. It takes literally no work especially if you have the ones on a wire you can just magnet to the side of your cooking medium. OP is dumb and possibly also sits when he urinates

>> No.17742788

>>17742786
Who gives a shit if it’s “that hard”? Like why are you being so stupid

>> No.17742838
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>>17742786
>personally I feel that thermometers are a crutch and the sign of a chef insecure about their cooking prowess.

>> No.17742867

>>17742786
>technically you want to take it out before it hits the target temp
getting an accurate reading and accounting for carryover cooking amongst various meats takes skill and experience

a thermometer does not make cooking meat foolproof, it's a tool that can be used well or otherwise.

>> No.17742887

>>17742701
>>17742786
I hope this is bait.
>>17742787
Not true all all for bbq. While the above are bait they are still more correct that your ideas.

>> No.17742926

>why do people use tools
Unless you cook with a rock and campfire and measure time by the sun, shut the fuck up

>> No.17742954
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17742954

>>17742701
This is such a stupid fucking post honestly

>> No.17742957

real carpenters just eyeball it, measuring is a crutch

>> No.17743001

>>17742926
Heartbeat is built in clock and any variations in its rate are the result of emotion, which is gay. Time based on sun position is a meme promoted by lazy homosexuals.

>> No.17743006

>>17742701
or just use the thing and don't fuck it up ever?

>> No.17743007

>>17742786
>You didn't bbq

>> No.17743023

>>17742957
Yes.

>> No.17743040

>>17742957
>>17743023
Literally this. Every carpenter worth a damn can eyeball shit right down the the eighth.

>> No.17743245

>>17742957
unironically yes, it's fine when you're learning but if you've mastered your craft to any real degree you can do that shit by eye. Illiterate fucking slaves built buildings with brick and mortar that stand to this very day, meanwhile with all the technology and tools of today, the building are shit and last maybe a few decades, maybe a few months if you're in china.

>> No.17743254

>>17742701
>just make things harder for yourself for no reason
Are you retarded or trolling?

>> No.17743255

>>17743007
bbq is practically retard proof and does not require any thermometers you dip shit, I bet you're from the northern states and have never actually met a real pitmaster who has been doing it for decades and could make it in their fucking sleep. Real pitmasters have their craft down to pure instinct, they know how long to cook, when to mop, when to add more coal, they know everything by look, smell and feel, fuck off and die peasant.

>> No.17743337

>>17742701
If you undercooked mine would throw it in your face.

>> No.17743466

>>17742701
So you can be accurate obviously retard. You can cook things to specific temperatures that you want them at. You have a pretty moronic viewpoint, you're basically saying you shouldn't use a tool that gives you obvious advantages just because??? just because you're a jealous retard that probably can't afford one.

>> No.17743489

>>17743255
Nobody has said you require a thermometer to actually bbq retard kek. You don't require a grill either retard, you could set fire to some wood in a forest and impale a dead squirrel on a stick if you wanted to bbq something. Why the fuck are you even on a computer retard? Shouldn't you be outside smearing your own shit onto stone rocks to communicate your thoughts?

>> No.17743528
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>>17742701
>i bought this expensive cut of meat and ruined it because i'm not a professional grill cook
>JUST SHUT UP AND EAT IT IT'S STILL FOOD NOTHING MATTERS YOU JUST HAVE TO CRINGE AND CHEW A LITTLE MORE IT'S ALL THE SAME IN YOUR STOMACH YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL I COOKED SUCH AN EXTRAVAGENT MEAL FOR YOU EVEN THOUGH I COMPLETELY FUCKED IT UP!!

>> No.17743567

>>17743337
I don't think you would, buddy boy.

You'd be like "hey, bro, my stuff is undercooked", and I'd be like "sorry, bro, let me fix that for you." And I would throw it in the grill again.

>> No.17743579

>>17742701
I overcooked my meat and learned.
Learned to use a thermometer instead of failing over and over like a stupid middle-aged housewife

>> No.17743581
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>>17743528
>Be me
>Buys "expensive cut of meat"
>Am willing to feed guests FOR LITERALLY NOTHING
>"Ruins" the meat
>Ungrateful guests start to chimp out
>Tell them not to come back
>Now I have fewer shit people in my life

>> No.17743588

>>17743581
You don't have anybody in your life.

>> No.17743603

>>17743581
Imagine inviting people over for a meal, serving them something bad, and then getting defensive and treating them like toddlers for not blindly praising you for all your hard work. It's no wonder you have no people in your life.

>> No.17743621

>>17743603
I was raised to be appreciative and to not be an ungrateful guest. I suppose it's something that comes from being high class.

>> No.17743631

>>17743588
keikaku dori

>> No.17743648

>>17743581
You are the shit person in this scenario. No one is going to chimp out over slightly overdone meat. They might mention that it's overcooked a bit. But, then you would throw them out of your house and defriend them just for the constructive criticism. I think this scenario you've made up in your head proves one thing. You've never had any friends.

>> No.17743650
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17743650

I just cut it open and check, no need for "skills" or "tools"

>> No.17743651

>>17742786
>and the sign of a chef insecure about their cooking prowess.
Nobody here is a "chef", what, you think anyone who went to culinary school would waste their time browsing the McDonald's board?.
I will use the instant-read thermometer and I will enjoy perfect medium rare meat every single time, see if I care that some random anon on 4chin thinks I'm incompetent.

>> No.17743664

>>17743648
I didn't make the scenario in my head, I was literally quoting this post >>17743528 in a humorous way.

Your post and some of the others proves that 4chan does have a disproportionately large concentration of autistic people or people who can't read or interpret because nowhere did I say I would throw people out for mentioning anything, or unfriend them. In that hypothetical scenario, if a guest start to CHIMP OUT, then yes, it's reasonable.

>> No.17743665

>>17742786
>I find that people that use thermometers actually usually end up overcooking because of the fact that when you take something out of the pan/oven that it's still actually cooking and so technically you want to take it out before it hits the target temp. If you just learn to cook by feel this will happen far less.
Christ this hurts to read. How can someone actually think subtracting numbers is harder/less reliable than subtracting physical sensations?

>> No.17743674

>>17743664
Nothing in that post had anything to do with people chomping out, or you kicking them out of your house though. It was saying the same thing I'm saying. That you're obviously incapable of accepting any criticism. Which proves that you've never had any friends.

>> No.17743680

>>17742786
That is why I said "while you're learning". Eventually, you'll get the feel for it and you'll wean yourself off the thermometer just for more convenience.

>> No.17743692

>>17742701
The most frustrating thing about this post is using a thermometer for ribs. I have half a dozen thermometers and use them constantly, EXCEPT for ribs. Ribs are the only thing I don't use them for. Wait for the meat to pull back, do a bend test, twist the bone... there are so many ways to get ribs done well and they are pretty forgiving.

>> No.17743738

>>17743680
it's not more convenient to take my meat out of the oven to squeeze, than sticking a thermometer in it and check it sometimes while squeezing my own meat

>> No.17743753

>>17742786
>bro just shove your finger between the thigh and breast of a whole roast chicken and check it's temperature...