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Questions tagged [temperature]

Questions about what temperature is optimal for cooking/preparing certain food or how certain temperatures can affect different types of food. Questions can also include how to best achieve/maintain a certain temperature for a specific type of food.

Questions about what temperature is optimal for cooking certain food or how certain temperatures affect different types of food. Questions can also include how to best achieve/maintain a certain temperature for a specific type of food.

Conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius: C = (F-32)*(5/9)

Conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit: F = C*(9/5) + 32

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Latest temperature sensing tech?

I'm looking around for other, newer temperature sensing technology, beyond the inserted thermoprobe. I bake cookies (hundreds and hundreds rolled) and like to monitor the internal temperature of the cookie, so I insert a probe into one dough, and…
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Honey in porridge

Honey degrades in temperatures over 40°C. When I cook the porridge in the morning, it definitely has more that 40°C. If I mix in the porridge a tablespoon of honey just before eating it, I guess the porridge can have 70°C or so, will it survive such…
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how long should I reheat frozen lasagna?

I made lasagna in a deep dark roasting pan and froze it. Now I am going to have to reheat it. How long in the oven?
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Bread/Pizza Dough Techniques

Can someone explain to me, or give me some links on how dough is affected by the following 'variables': oil vs no oil, baking powder vs yeast, oven temperature (high vs low), water vs milk, egg vs no egg, self rising flower or other flour types…
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Electric oven Temperature

I have bought a Smeg double oven to replace my old smeg oven. As I have read the temperatures fluctuate which I can understand. An engineer came and tested it and said it was operating 10 deg below the stated temp on dial overal on both ovens. On…
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Heat retention of parchment paper vs aluminum foil vs oven bag

Let's say a pepper is completely but loosely wrapped in either tin foil, parchment paper, or a Reynold's oven bag. Let's say the oven is maintaining a relatively constant temp. Which would cook the food faster? Also, which would take faster to get…
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Other than sous vide heaters, are there any cooking products that allow temperature-precise heating of water?

I've been thinking of pasteurizing eggs, which requires heating them to a specific range of temperatures for a continuos set of time. I thought about finding a sort of electric kettle that has heat-preserving abilities in order to reach at simple…
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How accurate should a thermometer be?

One week ago I sent an inquiry about why a digital thermometer seems to have a bigger temperature difference, as compared to a previous, more accurate, thermometer. However one of their support staff replied: "We have an overall 4 degree…
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Ignition temperature of most foods , or maximum theoretical cooking temperature ? Read below?

A house hold oven tops out at just 550 Fahrenheit or 288 Celsius , but lower than average temperature wood fired pizza ovens operate at about 650 Fahrenheit and average ones at 752 Fahrenheit or 400 Celsius and high average ones at 900 Fahrenheit .…
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Does instant pot cook meat thoroughly?

I forgot to use a thermometer to check my pork stew. I guess most people don't bother but now worried since I didn't check it after cooking. It looked very well done but had cooled down a bit after waiting to let the pressure release on its own. I…
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Managing oven temperature

I know that the temperature inside an oven fluctuates, but I'm just curious. Won't the temperature inside continue to rise? How do I manage, or control, the temperature inside the oven after removing the thermometer so that whatever it is I'm…
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Cooking temperature chart

After getting a new stove with a much better heat control I am trying to learn more about using the right temperature for the right task. I assume that things like rice, bacon, chicken breast, stirfry, fish... each have an ideal cooking temperature,…
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How hot is your oven?

There's also an answer here: Can I test my oven temperature without an oven thermometer? I have a big dispute with an electrician if the oven he supposedly fixed works or not. Problem is I think it reaches only about 150 C (300F) degrees when it…
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(Technology idea) "Fly-by-wire" gas cooktop controls - feasible?

I've seen recipes that require precise temperature control and had a potentially groundbreaking idea stem from it: how does the idea of fully-digital cooktop controls sound to all you cooks out there? We already have digital oven control systems,…
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The cooking temperature 15 degree is consider as ...?

When we perform cooking on devices such as in the oven, the temperature is considered as the cooking temperature or the normal temperature? For example, when I cook a potato in the oven in a temperature at 15 degree Celsius, is it the same than…
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