# Do I increase time or temp? **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\ **Created:** [February 10, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899 "2017-02-10T22:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shazzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@shazzie](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/shazzie)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/1 "2017-02-10T22:27:23Z")
I’m really sorry if this appears twice - my first post doesn’t seem to have ‘posted’. I’m pretty new to Anova and love it. I’m currently corning some beef to cook over a couple of days next week. My question is about juggling times and temps. If I cook a piece of meat and I’m happy with the ‘doneness’ of it (ie it’s cooked to medium or well done, whatever is appropriate for the recipe, and is moist and juicy), but I’d like it to be a bit less chewy and a bit more tender, do I increase the cooking time or the temp or both? ---
**Author:** ![colewagoner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/colewagoner/32/48_2.png) [@colewagoner](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/colewagoner)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/2 "2017-02-10T22:37:57Z")
Good rule of thumb: Time=tenderness. More time (within reason) equates to more tender! ---
**Author:** ![shazzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@shazzie](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/shazzie)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/3 "2017-02-10T22:43:45Z")
Thanks for that. I thought that would be the case (that’s what I’d do in a normal oven). So then if something isn’t quite done, it would pay to increase the temperature a bit next time - is that right? ---
**Author:** ![colewagoner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/colewagoner/32/48_2.png) [@colewagoner](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/colewagoner)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/4 "2017-02-10T22:47:56Z")
Yup! The nice thing about the Anova is you can cook it longer and NOT cook it any more “done”, as where your oven will continue increasing the internal temp. ---
**Author:** ![nbmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ed8c4c/32.png) [@nbmartin](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/nbmartin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/5 "2017-03-27T13:13:50Z")
If the item is not quite done I should increase time? How about temp? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![colewagoner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/colewagoner/32/48_2.png) [@colewagoner](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/colewagoner)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/6 "2017-04-07T02:34:09Z")
Increase temp if you want it more done 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RichardOL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/richardol/32/701_2.png) [@RichardOL](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/RichardOL)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/do-i-increase-time-or-temp/4899/7 "2017-04-14T18:11:59Z")
Once you know a temperature for the right doneness, start a list of times and temperatures. I thought I could remember, but as I cooked a number of different foods I found that I couldn’t exactly remember.