How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020) • Hacker News Board

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by klipt » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

aubanel wrote: post #85

I love that when I opened this article i already knew some elements, from having read it months ago on HN So now I will remember it a bit better and for longer Hackernews is actually like Anki cards for nerd (and in this case useless) Internet stuff

Anyone here play the RPG Dink Smallwood as a kid? There was a side quest where you hit (holy) ducks with your sword so hard that they cook: https://youtu.be/zWxXWG-U0Uo

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by thatguy0900 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

dunham wrote: post #84

wpasc wrote: post #74

I thought the FDA guideline was once the internal temperature reaches 160 or 165 or something it didn't need to sustain that temperature? it was only the lower temperatures that required some duration to achieve the same log reduction as reaching 160/165?

Yeah, table 3 (path 37) here: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media_file/202... That gets you your log7 reduction of salmonella, so it is safe to eat, but I don't know if it would be "cooked" (changing to an acceptable texture) if you could instantaneously bring it to 165 F. I have no idea what that cooking process is like. In a water bath, I run chicken breast at 62C instead of 60C because the texture…

I can say I've cooked chicken sous vide incorrectly before that had cooked long and hot enough to be safe, but the texture and feel of the meat could only be described as a meat gusher, if you've ever had those candies. Every bite exploded with liquid and the meat itself was squishy, it was very disgusting

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by flowerthoughts » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4:34 PM UTC

B1FF_PSUVM wrote: post #43

flowerthoughts wrote: post #4

"Mom, where are the hitters in the oven?" "We call them heaters in that one case."

> To keep an object at a given temperature, you have to continuously give it the same energy it’s radiating away. Or put it in mirror chamber - a bit less trouble than windmilling baseball bats ...

You're advocating hitting it hard quickly and then insulating it for a while? That makes a lot of sense, as long as you hit it hard enough to handle the losses and still be over cooking temp.

Of course, overheating might have negative effects on the eating satisfaction test.

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4:42 PM UTC

schwartzworld wrote: post #90

Nevermark wrote: post #38

I assumed the question was how to achieve the proper preconditions for cooking a chicken while avoiding any animal cruelty charges. Clearly, we could simply knock its head off with a bat, since today I learned you can physically cook chickens with bats and professional batters, via a method well suited to humanity's eminent migration to outer space. But I expect with some years of strength training and finesse, a ver…

When has anybody ever been charged for cooking a chicken?

> The charges were filed in April [2023] after police received reports that Prince Ssenteza-Woodson cooked a baby chicken in an air fryer while streaming it live on social media.

https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/uofl-student-sentenc...

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by alphan0n » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 4:59 PM UTC

xg15 wrote: post #20

OT, but the site of that author looks very interesting in general: https://james-simon.github.io

Interestingly, the author includes their social security number with their contact info at the bottom of the page.

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by viksit » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 5:34 PM UTC

klipt wrote: post #91

aubanel wrote: post #85

I love that when I opened this article i already knew some elements, from having read it months ago on HN So now I will remember it a bit better and for longer Hackernews is actually like Anki cards for nerd (and in this case useless) Internet stuff

Anyone here play the RPG Dink Smallwood as a kid? There was a side quest where you hit (holy) ducks with your sword so hard that they cook: https://youtu.be/zWxXWG-U0Uo

Yes! thanks for the memory haha.

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 6:09 PM UTC

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Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by vulcan01 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 6:44 PM UTC

alphan0n wrote: post #95

xg15 wrote: post #20

OT, but the site of that author looks very interesting in general: https://james-simon.github.io

Interestingly, the author includes their social security number with their contact info at the bottom of the page.

Those are the first digits of π.

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by childintime » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 7:13 PM UTC

nullzzz wrote: post #46

This is really disgusting. Chickens are feeling animals as well.

How hard do you have to hit a human, to cook it, the chicken asks?

Re: How hard do you have to hit a chicken to cook it? (2020)

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Post by BriggyDwiggs42 » Sat, Oct 11, 2025, 8:11 PM UTC

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote: post #94

schwartzworld wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When has anybody ever been charged for cooking a chicken?

> The charges were filed in April [2023] after police received reports that Prince Ssenteza-Woodson cooked a baby chicken in an air fryer while streaming it live on social media. https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/uofl-student-sentenc...

Yeah that’s fucked up.