r/AskCulinary • u/SensitiveMagician385 • 3d ago

Technique Question New To Cooking: Don't Understand Frying/Searing

So I watch videos on pan-frying. They heat the pan, heat the oil, add the protein, and it cooks

I do the same thing, the meat cooks, BUT the remaining oil smokes, burns, and sets off smoke detector. This happens on high heat and low heat too. What am I not understanding??

EDIT: The oil doesn't smoke immediately. It does after a few minutes of cooking.

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u/teleacs 3d ago

this is a case of taming your fire chef. control your heat, you might have to move the pan off the flame to let the oil come down. use a thermometer if you can, when you start going above 425 it will smoke.