Salt pulls moisture out of meats. Season your entire roast but only salt the fat portion.

3.TIMES AND TEMPERATURES

Products vary greatly. These times and tem- peratures may need minor modifications to meet your particular standards. Use your pocket probe to determine what’s right for you.

- Rare roast beef

– 130F

- Medium roast beef

– 140F

- Medium well roast beef

– 150F

- Well done roast beef

– 160F

- Hamburger

– 165F

- Pork

– 160F - 170F

- Chicken – 185F done and no “red bone”.

- Fish/Seafood

– 160F

Here is a handy “Rule of Thumb” for roasting meats at 325F

-Rare roast beef – 15/20 minutes per pound.

-Medium roast beef – 20/25 minutes per pound.

-Well done roast beef – 30/35 minutes per pound.

-Pork – 20/25 minutes per pound.

-Poultry – 20/25 minutes per pound.

-Ham [cured, not fresh] – 12/18 minutes per pound. [Cured hams are already cooked so all we have to do is heat them to 140F]

Here are some common products and their approximate cooking times.

-Cookies 310F-325F for about 10-20 minutes, depending on recipe and cookie size.

-Pies [10”] 350F for 45/60 minutes.

-Cakes [2-8” pans] – 325F for 25/30 minutes.

Check with a tooth pick.

- Pork roast [4lb.] - 325F for 1 hour 20 min- utes.

- Hamburgers [1/4 lb. frozen] or 5 oz. skinless

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ENGLISH

boneless fresh chicken breasts – 400F for 15 minutes.

-Fish sticks [frozen, browned] – 350F for 15/18 minutes.

-Shrimp [fresh 26-30 ct.] 350F for 10 minutes.

-Salmon fillet [6 oz. fresh] 325F for 12/15 min utes.

-Potatoes [90 ct. baked] 375F for 45/60 min- utes.

-Pizza [frozen 14”] 400F for 18 minutes.

-“Pocket” type sandwiches 350F for 18/20 minutes.

-Mozzarella sticks 350F for 10 minutes.

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Cadco OV-600, OV-400, OV-250, OV-500 instruction manual Times and Temperatures