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Fat Quality Smoke point [caution 1]; Almond oil: 221 °C: 430 °F [1]: Avocado oil: Refined: 271 °C: 520 °F [2] [3]: Avocado oil: Unrefined: 250 °C: 482 °F [4]: Beef tallow: 250 °C: 480 °F
Gas mark 1 is 275 degrees Fahrenheit (135 degrees Celsius). [citation needed]Oven temperatures increase by 25 °F (14 °C) for each gas mark step. Above Gas Mark 1, the scale markings increase by one for each step.
The various standard phrases, to describe oven temperatures, include words such as "cool" to "hot" or "very slow" to "fast". For example, a cool oven has temperature set to 200 °F (90 °C), and a slow oven has a temperature range from 300–325 °F (150–160 °C).
[7] [8] Many cooking oils have smoke points above standard home cooking temperatures: [9] Pan frying (sauté) on stove top heat: 120 °C (248 °F) Deep frying: 160–180 °C (320–356 °F) Oven baking: Average of 180 °C (356 °F) Smoke point decreases at a different pace in different oils. [10]
Salmon being poached with onion and bay leaves. Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine.Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relatively lower temperature (about 70–80 °C or 158–176 °F). [1]
The appropriate simmering temperature is a topic of debate among chefs, with some contending that a simmer is as low as 82 °C or 180 °F. [ 2 ] Some modern gas ranges are equipped with a simmering burner, with such burners usually located at the rear of the range.
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Old thermometer in a pharmacy in Vienna, showing room temperature by Reaumur scale. Réaumur and Celsius scale on thermometer. Private collection, central Europe. The Réaumur scale (French pronunciation: [ʁeomy(ː)ʁ]; °Ré, °Re, °r), also known as the "octogesimal division", [1] is a temperature scale for which the melting and boiling points of water are defined as 0 and 80 degrees ...