SUGGESTED SMOKING AND MEAT TEMPERATURES
Meat, Poultry, Fish
Beef, veal and lamb
(pieces and whole cuts)
Medium-rare
Medium
Well done
(ham, pork loin, ribs)
Pork (pieces and
whole cuts)
Ground meat and meat mixtures
(burgers, sausages, meatballs, meatloaf, casseroles
and mechanically tenderized beef)
Beef, veal (including
mechanically tenderized),
lamb and pork
Poultry (chicken & turkey)
(chicken, turkey, duck)
Pieces
Whole
Fish
Shellfish (shrimp, lobster,
crab, scallops, clams,
mussels and oysters)
Since it is difficult to use a food thermometer to check the temperature of
shellfish, discard any that do not open when cooked.
Suggested Smoking
Safe Minimum Food
Temperatures
Temperatures
225° F (107.2° C)
145° F (63° C)
225° F (107.2° C)
160° F (71° C)
225° F (107.2° C)
170° F (77° C)
Pork
225 - 240° F
160°F (71° C)
(107.2 - 115.6° C)
250 - 275° F
(121 - 135° C)
160°F (71° C)
250 - 275° F
165°F (74° C)
(121 -135° C)
Poultry
250° F (121° C)
165° F (74° C)
250° F (74° C)
165° F (74° C)
Seafood
225 - 240° F
158°F (70° C)
(107.2 - 115.6° C)
225 - 240° F
(107.2 - 115.6° C)
165°F (74° C)
Chops, steaks and roasts
(deer, elk, moose, caribou/reindeer, antelope and pronghorn)
Well done
Bear, bison, musk ox
walrus, etc.
Rabbit, muskrat,
beaver, etc.
Ground meat and
meat mixtures
Ground venison
and sauage
Game birds/waterfowl
(wild turkey, duck, goose, partridge and pheasant)
Whole
Breasts and roasts
Thighs, wings
Stuffing (cooked alone
or in a bird)
20
Safe Minimum Food
Suggested Smoking
Temperatures
Temperatures
Game
225° F (107.2° C)
170° F (77° C)
Large Game
250 - 300° F
165° F (74° C)
(121 - 149° C)
Small game
225 - 240° F
(107.2 - 115.6° C)
165° F (74° C)
Ground Meat
250 - 300° F
(121 - 149° C)
165° F (74° C)
250 - 300° F
(121 - 149° C)
165° F (74° C)
250° F (121° C)
165° F (74° C)
250° F (121° C)
165° F (74° C)
250° F (121° C)
165° F (74° C)
250° F (121° C)
165° F (74° C)