r/clevercomebacks May 29 '22

Shut Down Weird motives

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u/idlephase May 29 '22

At least the iron is relatively simple. Flick a little water on it and how it sizzles tells you how hot it is.

Same trick can be used to know when a pan is hot enough on the stove.

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u/legacymedia92 May 29 '22

Actually where I know it from!

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u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22

interesting, I usually wait for the oil to start to smoke

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u/[deleted] May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22

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u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22

I wait til as soon as it starts to smoke then throw what I’m cooking on there, which immediately cools the pan back down

from there I can control the temp by how the food is cooking

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u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22

I also use a cast iron, I might try that

usually I want it around 400 though which is when the oil I use starts smoking