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Cooked a whole chicken in my air fryer and it came out raw in the middle.
I followed the directions exactly, 30 minutes at 375, but the inside was still pink and the outside was so dry it was almost jerky. Turns out my air fryer runs way hotter than it says, so now I always check with a thermometer halfway through. Has anyone else had an appliance that just lies to you about heat?
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derekgibson23d ago
Blew half the skin off a pork shoulder once because my oven thermometer was off by 50 degrees. I had it cranked to 350 and it was actually roasting at like 400, so the outside turned into a blackened hockey puck while the middle was still cold and raw. Ended up tossing it and ordering pizza because I was so mad. Now I keep a cheap oven thermometer hanging in there all the time just to check, and I always double check halfway through cook time. It's weird how you can't trust the little numbers on the dial anymore.
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faith1223d ago
Totally been there with a ruined roast except it was the opposite for me, oven was running cold and I ended up with raw chicken on thanksgiving. @derekgibson you're right about those dials being garbage, I bought a little hanging thermometer at the grocery store for like five bucks and it saved my holiday ham last month. The dial on my stove said 350 but the hanging one read 300, so I bumped it up and it came out perfect. Always check the temp with a probe too, especially with big cuts like pork shoulder where the middle stays cold for ages. You got a favorite probe thermometer you swear by?
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