high heat
Stove's maximum setting
High heat is the highest temperature setting on a stovetop or cooking surface, used for rapid boiling, searing, or stir-frying.
In baseball, high heat is a fastball thrown in the upper part of the strike zone, harder to hit but also harder to control: He blew high heat past the batter for strike three.
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- white hotHeated to luminescence
- blazingBurning very brightly
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
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- pan-fryingpan-fry, pan-frying, skillet, frying pan, saute
- sauteingskillet, pan, browning, stirring, tossing
- sautéingpan, skillet, wok, oil, butter
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Minimal cooking temperature
low temperature · cold · gentle heat · low flame · simmer
high heatsimmer
Cook just under boiling
gentle simmer · slow cooking · poaching · braising · low and slow
high heatextreme cold
Severe low temperature
freezing temperatures · low temperatures · cold · chill · coolness
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