pork chop cooking temps ??

[John Furdyn]

Checking various web site I"m seeing that pork chops should be cooked anywhare from 145-160 ?

Question is I think things have changed some in the recent years about safe temps for pork ?

Whats the best temp to cook pork chops to for tenderness as well as juicyness ?

Thanks

 

[Don Irish]

I pull mine at 145-150. The necessity for well done pork (trichinosis) is small...
from Wikipedia:

Cooking meat products to an internal temperature of 165 °F (74 °C) for a minimum of 15 seconds.
Cooking pork to a uniform internal temperature of at least 144 °F (62.2 °C), per USDA Title 9 section 318.10. It is prudent to use a margin of error to allow for variation in internal temperature and error in the thermometer.
Freezing pork less than 6 inches thick for 20 days at 5 °F (?15 °C) or three days at ?4 °F (?20 °C) kills larval worms.

 

[John Furdyn]

Don

Thank you, that about sums it up.