PBS provides terrible advice for cooking hamburgers

Posted: June 13th, 2009 - 4:17pm by Doug Powell

This is why I don’t give money to PBS, or as Stephen Colbert refers to them, State-sponsored Jazz. Reminds me of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: they’re morons.

Maybe not about everything, but about stuff I know about, they’re morons.

PBS is broadcasting this video about how to cook moist, well-done hamburgers. The cross-contamination is awesome, way to go cooks. These people have no clue, even though they talk about bacteria, they still contaminate the rest of the kitchen with their bacterial-laden hands, and then go on to tell viewers that color is a good indicator for food safety.

Color is a lousy indicator for food safety. Use a tip-senstive thermometer.

You want a moist burger? Cook to about 150F, let sit for 5 minutes while the temperature rises to 160F
 

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Categories: Food Safety Policy, Raw Food, Thermometers
Tags: Hamburger, Morons, Pbs, Uncooked

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CRS says:

My God, do these people EVER wash their hands? Who cares about the lack of a meat thermometer, when they're eating with contaminated fingers anyway. And throwing a burger on the grill barehanded, then picking up a bun? I'll stick with America's untested kitchen in preference to America's Test Kitchen. Has anyone from your group contacted the producers about this dangerous broadcast? People believe what they see on TV (especially PBS) and the message is clearly "it's okay to handle raw hamburger". There are going to be a lot more bathroom trips this summer because of this show.

Posted on June 15th, 2009 - 9:59am

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