smoke point

English

Noun

smoke point (plural smoke points)

1. (cooking) The temperature at which an oil or shortening begins to produce smoke.

   Coordinate term: flash point

   • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 15, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

     The smoke point depends on the initial free fatty acid content of the fat: the lower the free fatty acid content, the more stable the fat, and the higher the smoke point.

Translations

temperature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冒煙點／冒烟点 (màoyāndiǎn), 煙點／烟点 (yāndiǎn)

• Finnish: savuamispiste
• German: Rauchpunkt (de) m