dry heat

Sauna without steam

Dry heat is heat with low humidity, as opposed to the muggy warmth of humid climates.

Desert dwellers insist their summers are tolerable: It's a dry heat.

In cooking, dry heat methods like roasting, baking, and grilling use hot air or fat rather than liquid or steam.

Related

sterilization · baking · adobe · blast furnace · tandoor · roasting · drought · scorched · grilling · dehydration · parched · jerky · kiln · convection oven · oasis · broiling · evaporation · moisture wicking

Categories
Opposites
humidity level

dry heathumid heat

Warmth with high moisture

moist heat · sticky heat · tropical heat · damp heat

temperature

dry heatdry cold

Low-humidity freezing conditions

cooking method

dry heatmoist heat

Warmth with water present

steaming · braising · poaching · boiling · simmering

Family

dry, heat

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G