I have recently purchased a digital thermometer and it came with a table for the correct temperature for cooking meat. Based on that I decided that a handy table for candy making, deep frying and roasting would be a good thing to have to hand when ever you need it. I am sure that there are many other items that could be on this temperature table, so if you can think of any, please let me know. I have been through so many thermometers. From the glass candy making one, to a spatula with a built in thermometer. The digital thermometer shown below no longer works as the probes keep failing.
Baking | °Celsius | °Fahrenheit |
Bread | 90 | 194 |
Cake | 90 | 194 |
Candy Making | °Celsius | °Fahrenheit |
Firm Ball | 121 | 250 |
Fudge | 116 | 240 |
Hard Ball | 127 | 260 |
Hard Crack | 149 | 300 |
Jelly | 104 | 220 |
Soft Ball | 116 | 240 |
Soft Crack | 138 | 280 |
Syrup | 110 | 230 |
Deep Frying | °Celsius | °Fahrenheit |
Chicken | 177 | 350 |
Chops | 191 | 375 |
Eggplant | 185 | 365 |
French Fries | 199 | 390 |
Fritters | 185 | 365 |
Onions | 199 | 390 |
Oysters | 185 | 365 |
Scallops | 185 | 365 |
Roasting | °Celsius | °Fahrenheit |
Beef Brisket | 90 – 95 | 194 – 203 |
Beef Fillet – Rare | 38 | 100 |
Beef Fillet – Medium Rare | 55 | 131 |
Beef Roast | 85 – 90 | 185 – 194 |
Boar Roast | 75 – 78 | 167 – 172 |
Chicken | 80 – 85 | 176 – 185 |
Duck | 80 – 90 | 176 – 194 |
Mutton Leg – Medium Rare | 65 – 70 | 149 – 158 |
Mutton Leg – Well Done | 80 – 85 | 176 – 185 |
Pork Roast | 70 – 75 | 158 – 167 |
Pork Saddle | 55 – 60 | 131 – 140 |
Turkey | 80 – 90 | 176 – 194 |
Veal Fillet | 50 – 55 | 122 – 131 |
Veal Roast | 68 – 74 | 154 – 165 |
Veal Saddle – Medium Rare | 50 -55 | 122 – 131 |
Venison Roast | 75 – 80 | 167 – 176 |

What I blogged:
- two years ago – Banana Crumpets
- three years ago – Friday’s Food Quiz
- four years ago – Challenge To Use Venison
That is brilliant, thanks Tandy! Bookmarking this bad boy. 🙂
My pleasure Anna 🙂
Cooking meat to temp is the bane of y existence! I always worry the meat just isn’t cooked enough so this table should come in handy. Need a better thermometer though. That would ease my stress levels for sure, always analyzing the chicken in particular, always thinking it looks to pink and then I panic.
I usually just roast my chicken for 90 minutes at 180° Celsius and rely on that 🙂
Printing to put on my fridge. Thanks!
I am going to do the same 🙂
Great reference and lovely to have all in one place – must get on of those digital thermometer – thanks for sharing Tandy.
My pleasure Rachel 🙂
Great post Tandy…I always have convert Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice-versa…very handy!
Have a great week 🙂
So glad to see your site is working this week. Thanks for the visit Juliana 🙂
This is very useful info!
That email chain was a bit annoying, but glad I “found” your blog.
Cheers,
Colette
I am so glad as well Colette and thanks for the visit 🙂
Thanks for posting this: really handy!
My pleasure Alex 🙂
Hi Tandy, I am bookmarking this table, this is wonderful. Thanks!
My pleasure Cheri 🙂
Very handy – thanks so much!
my pleasure Tanya 🙂
Very handy – Tandy!
I am so glad 🙂
Very handy. I had made one up for overseas house exchange guests but not as comprehensive at this one. Thanks.
My pleasure Fiona 🙂
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thank you!