> wrote in message
>> >chickens cut up into the various pieces/parts. I checked the temp, and
>> >it was 175 F. About 10 min later, the temp on the thermometer was about
>> >140 F on the same pieces that had read 175 F earlier.


I've had that with thin pieces of meat. Each time you insert the probe you
can be off just a little bit and get a radical different reading. Dealing
with a section about 3/4" thick, it is easy to go past center and near the
outside edge where it is much hotter. It help to put the probe in from the
edge rather than the top.
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