Whole chicken internal temperature
165°F (74°C)
Cook a whole chicken to 165°F (74°C).
- Cook all poultry to 165°F.
- Chicken, turkey, and other poultry: whole bird, breasts, legs, thighs, wings, ground poultry, giblets, sausage, and stuffing inside poultry — 165°F (74°C).
USDA states safe minimums, not doneness styles.
Grounded in: foodsafety.gov, fsis.usda.gov. The number above appears
verbatim in the linked government sources.
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