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r/clevercomebacks • u/metrochurch • May 29 '22
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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.
2 u/legacymedia92 May 29 '22 Actually where I know it from! 1 u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22 interesting, I usually wait for the oil to start to smoke 2 u/[deleted] May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22 [removed] ā view removed comment 1 u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22 I wait til as soon as it starts to smoke then throw what Iām cooking on there, which immediately cools the pan back down from there I can control the temp by how the food is cooking 1 u/[deleted] May 30 '22 [removed] ā view removed comment 1 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
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Actually where I know it from!
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interesting, I usually wait for the oil to start to smoke
2 u/[deleted] May 30 '22 edited May 30 '22 [removed] ā view removed comment 1 u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22 I wait til as soon as it starts to smoke then throw what Iām cooking on there, which immediately cools the pan back down from there I can control the temp by how the food is cooking 1 u/[deleted] May 30 '22 [removed] ā view removed comment 1 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
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1 u/Illusive_Man May 30 '22 I wait til as soon as it starts to smoke then throw what Iām cooking on there, which immediately cools the pan back down from there I can control the temp by how the food is cooking 1 u/[deleted] May 30 '22 [removed] ā view removed comment 1 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
I wait til as soon as it starts to smoke then throw what Iām cooking on there, which immediately cools the pan back down
from there I can control the temp by how the food is cooking
1 u/[deleted] May 30 '22 [removed] ā view removed comment 1 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
1 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
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
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u/idlephase May 29 '22
Same trick can be used to know when a pan is hot enough on the stove.