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"   Recently my colleague and friend, Paul Hope, wrote aboutthe one grilling tool you must have... tongs. While I agree with him that it&amp;#039;s the most versatile piece of equipment you can use for outdoor cooking, my vote for the one item you must have is an instant-read thermometer to make sure you&amp;#039;re cooking everything from burgers to salmon to a degree of doneness that&amp;#039;s safe without overcooking to the point of dryness. Although chefs often insist that they gauge doneness by touch, it&amp;#039;s not the smart way to tell that you&amp;#039;ve cooked food long enough to kill illness-causing bacteria. And in the case of hamburgers, you simply can&amp;#039;t tell by the color if the meat is well-cooked. I&amp;#039;m partial to the simple Taylor Classic Instant Read 1&amp;quot; Dial Thermometer but there&amp;#039;s lots of good choices including digital models, thermometers that alert you when your food&amp;#039;s reached the correct temperature, and even ones specifically designed for grilling. Here on good housekeeping.com, you can check out the 22 in our most recent tests. One rule I follow religiously and insist you do too: In between readings rinse the shaft off very well in hot water to make sure that any bacteria that might be in the food before it&amp;#039;s fully cooked isn&amp;#039;t then transferred back into it the next time you take a reading. For guidelines on safe minimal temperatures for various foods, visit the the USDA&amp;#039;s website. Once you&amp;#039;re equipped with tongs and thermometer, be sure to try some of the great grilling recipes from our test kitchen.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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