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Welp I'm a bonehead. Yesterday I told my wife I would cook us dinner the next day (today) so last night I put 4 absolutely gorgeous thick frozen pork chops In the fridge to defrost. I checked them this morning and they were perfect looking.
Tonight my wife sent me the recipe and it seemed pretty simple it was a dry rub consisting of salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder, Italian seasoning and brown sugar. No problems there. I take a baking sheet and lay them out brush with oil and rub on the seasoning.
Oven is preheated to 375° and the directions are to bake for 20 minutes or until the internal temp is 140°f. I set the timer and once it goes off I check the temp with my digital thermometer nope only 75° somehow. Okay that's strange but they are pretty thick so I leave them in 10 more minutes. Timer goes off and I check the temp it's 85° how is that even possible? I figure turn up the heat to 400° and give it 10 more minutes. I check it again it's 95° I feel like I'm loosing my mind dinner should've been done 20 minutes ago and they're starting to look a little darker on the outside so I crank the oven to 425° and leave it in for 15 more minutes. 15 minutes go by and I check the temp it's only at 100° and they look crispy. I scratch my head for another minute until I look closer at the digital thermometer it was set for Celsius and not Fahrenheit. I press the button to switch the measurement and it says 212° Fahrenheit internal temp.
I overcooked our dinner to over 70° more than it needed to be. The pork chops were dry and crispy but still slightly delicious. Better believe next time I'm double checking what mode my thermometer is set for.
TLDR: TIFU but not realizing my meat thermometer was set for Celsius and not Fahrenheit causing our much awaited dinner to be beyond overcooked.
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