13 Ingenious Kitchen Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Apr 19, 2023

13 Ingenious Kitchen Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed

Listen (3 min) Some grillers favor the poke test to determine a steak’s

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Some grillers favor the poke test to determine a steak's doneness. Cooked rare, they say, the beef when poked should feel like the meat of your palm an inch below the base of your thumb when you bring the tip of your thumb to meet the tip of your index finger. Another finger contortion for those who trust the fate of a great steak to such a move: the L-for-loser sign. An instant-read thermometer is far more accurate. To guarantee cooking to the precise point you want, you can't do better than the ThermoPop 2.

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