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TABLE OF COOKING TEMPERATURES AND TIMES
Food item
Thickness* Temp. (°C)
Time
Standing time**
Beef, veal, lamb, game
Fillets, chops, ribeye, T-bone,
sirloin, porterhouse (tender cuts)
1-2 cm
49+
1 hour
Up to 6 hours
2-5 cm
49+
2 hours
Up to 8 hours
Flank, neck, thigh, shoulder, shank
4-6 cm
49+
8 hours
Up to 10 hours
Pork
Pork breast
3-6 cm
82
10 hours
Up to 12 hours
Spareribs
2-3 cm
59
10 hours
Up to 12 hours
Cutlets
2-4 cm
56+
4 hours
Up to 6 hours
Pork loin
5-7 cm
56+
10 hours
Up to 12 hours
Poultry
Chicken breast with bone
3-5 cm
82
2 hours
Up to 3 hours
Boneless chicken breast
3-5 cm
64
1 hour
Up to 2 hours
Chicken thigh with bone
3-5 cm
82
1.5 hours
Up to 3 hours
Boneless chicken thigh
3-5 cm
64
1 hour
Up to 2 hours
Chicken drumstick
5-7 cm
82
2 hours
Up to 3 hours
Duck breast
3-5 cm
64
2 hours
Up to 2 hours
Fish
Lean and oily fish
3-5 cm
47+
1 hour
Up to 1 hour
Shellfish
Shrimps
2-4 cm
60
1 hour
Up to 1 hour
Lobster tail
4-6 cm
60
1 hour
Up to 1 hour
Scallops
2-4 cm
60
1 hour
Up to 1 hour
Vegetables
Root vegetables
1-5 cm
83+
1 hour
Up to 2 hours
Crisp vegetables
1-5 cm
83+
1 hour
Up to 2 hours
*
If the meat is thinner than specified, it will cook faster.
** The standing time is the longest time the food can remain in the water after cooking without
the structure changing.