cooking torches

Kitchen flame tools

A cooking torch is a small handheld butane burner used in kitchens, most famously for caramelizing the sugar topping on crème brûlée.

Chefs use them to brown meringues, melt cheese, char peppers, or add finishing touches requiring direct, controlled flame.

Also called culinary torches or kitchen torches.

Related

searing · gratinate · safety lock · culinary · kitchen gadget · melting · finishing touch · heat shield · browning · brûlée · propane · butane · meringue · toasted marshmallow · glazing · nozzle · natural gas · gas canister

Opposites
heat application method

cooking torchesice baths

Therapeutic freezing water submersion

freezers · slow cookers · sous vide · cold smoking · refrigeration

torch type/purpose

cooking torchescutting torches

Flame tools for severing metal

blowtorches

precision vs. ambient cooking

cooking torchesovens

Heated cooking enclosures

slow cookers · convection ovens · smokers · sous vide · roasting pans

Family

cooking, cook, cooks, cooked, cooker, cookery, cookbook, uncooked, overcook

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G