Chicken Cooking Time
Find roast or bake timing for chicken by cut and weight.
About Chicken Cooking Time
Each cut cooks at its own rate per pound, so timing is the weight times the cut's rate, always aiming for 165 F. White meat dries out fast while dark meat needs longer, so cut-specific timing keeps chicken juicy and safe.
Formula
Chicken Cooking Time
Cook = weight x (whole 20, boneless breast 22, bone-in breast 35, thighs 40 min/lb)
- 165
- Safe minimum temperature for all chicken
Worked example
With the default values below, Chicken Cooking Time returns Cook Time of 60. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Chicken cutone of Whole chicken, Bone-in breast, Boneless breast, Thighs (bone-in)
- Whole chicken
- Weightminimum 0.5 lb
- 3 lb
Results
- Cook Time
- 60 min
- Minutes per Pound
- 20.0 min/lb
- Safe Internal Temp
- 165 F
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Chicken Cooking Time
- 3Cook Time= 60 min
- 4Minutes per Pound= 20.0 min/lb
- 5Safe Internal Temp= 165 F
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 1 decimal place, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Chicken Cooking Time calculated?
Cook = weight x (whole 20, boneless breast 22, bone-in breast 35, thighs 40 min/lb) Each cut cooks at its own rate per pound, so timing is the weight times the cut's rate, always aiming for 165 F.
Why does Chicken Cooking Time matter?
White meat dries out fast while dark meat needs longer, so cut-specific timing keeps chicken juicy and safe.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Chicken cut, Weight. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.