Photo: Kathy Adams Clark. Mother birds work hard to raise their young. A female common tody-flycatcher is joined by her mate as she incubates eggs in Costa Rica. Mother birds work hard to raise their young. A female common tody-flycatcher is joined by her mate as she incubates eggs in Costa Rica.
Take care not to go all the way through the chop so that the thermometer makes contact with the pan (I like to go into the chop at about a 45Â° angle). This temperature guideline, by the way, is the rule for pork tenderloin, too, but ground pork should be cooked to 160Â°.
How long and at what temperature do you cook a pork loin in the oven? For health reasons, most cuts of pork are cooked until the internal temperature reaches between 145 and 165 degrees Fahrenheit on a meat thermometer. The proper temperature is based on the specific cut of meat.