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Cooking Patties From A Frozen State, Endpoint Temperature, And Post-Cookery Chilling Affect Internal And External Color And Cooking Losses In Ground Beef Patties, Zena Hicks
Animal Science Undergraduate Honors Theses
To determine the effects of cooking state (frozen vs. thawed), endpoint temperature (65.5 vs. 73.9°C), and post-cookery chilling on color of ground beef patties, 85% coarse-ground beef was purchased and ground through a 9.5-mm plate, formed into 115-g patties, and crust frozen before 4 patties were vacuum packaged and stored at -10 °C. Packages were either thawed in a water bath for 2 h prior to cooking or cooked directly from frozen. Within each package, patties were weighed before being cooked to their assigned temperature (65.5 or 73.9oC) and either allowed to cool at room temperature on paper …