Evaluation of consumer-style cooking methods for reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the thermal inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef cooked to an internal temperature of 71.1°C (160°F) under conditions simulating consumer-style cooking methods. To compare a double-sided grill (DSG) with a single-sided grill (SSG), two different cooking methods were used for the SSG: for the one-turnover (OT-SSG) method, a patty was turned once when the internal temperature reached 40°C, and for the multiturnover (MT-SSG) method, a patty was turned every 30 s. Patties (100 g, n = 9) inoculated with a five-strain mixture of E. coli O157:H7 at a concentration of 107 CFU/g were cooked until all three temperature readings (for two sides and the center) for a patty were 71.1°C. The surviving E. coli O157:H7 cells were enumerated on sorbitol MacConkey (SMAC) agar and on phenol red agar base with 1% sorbitol (SPRAB). The order of the cooking methods with regard to the cooking time required for the patty to reach 71.1°C was as follows: DSG (2.7 min) < MT-SSG (6.6 min) < OT-SSG (10.9 min). The more rapid, higher-temperature cooking method was more effective (P < 0.01) in destroying E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef. E. coli O157:H7 reduction levels were clearly differentiated among treatments as follows: OT-SSG (4.7 log10 CFU/g)

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Rhee, M. S., Lee, S. Y., Hillers, V. N., McCurdy, S. M., & Kang, D. H. (2003). Evaluation of consumer-style cooking methods for reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef. Journal of Food Protection, 66(6), 1030–1034. https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028X-66.6.1030

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