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Cut Internal temperature temperature chart for chicken
Time to achieve bacterial death
(in lean white meat)
Ground chicken
72.2 9.6 seconds
71.7 12.1 seconds
71.1 15.3 seconds
Whole chicken 70 24.5 seconds
70.6 19.4 seconds
74°C 69.4 31 seconds
Poultry breasts and roasts 68.9 39.2 seconds
(e.g. wings) 68.3 49.5 seconds
67.8 1 minute
67.2 1.3 minutes
Casseroles, all stuffing 66.7 1.7 minutes
and reheated leftovers 66.1 2.2 minutes
65 3.9 minutes
74°C or safe to 65.6 3 minutes
Fully-cooked poultry eat cold if properly 64.4 5 minutes
cooled and stored
63.9 6.3 minutes
63.3 7.9 minutes
Dark meat 62.8 9.8 minutes
79°C
(e.g. thigh and legs)
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