Hot food ruin temper?

Steel is tempered between 350-550 degrees, with a fairly wide margin where you can go hotter without causing much harm (you might soften it by 1-2RC, but that's about it.) You could cook most food with your knife inside it and you wouldn't hurt the knife.
 
It's unlikely you'll cook food to a temperature high enough to damage the temper of a blade (and have it still be edible). Oven temperature is not the same as the food temperature. You cook a turkey with the oven set to ~400F, but the internal temperature for "fully cooked" is about 165F. If the food temperature did reach 400F, all the water/moisture would be gone, sugars would have caramelized, and some fats/oils could go up in smoke.
 
mete said:
A group in Italy tried , unsuccesfully , to pass a law to cook pizza at the proper 830 F !!! But by the time it's served it would have cooled a bit.
Click to expand...

The coal fired oven that some places use do get that hot. It only in the oven for 90 seconds or so.
Lombardi's in NYC does it that way. Real good.
 
Yes, every knife you've ever cut hot food with is now completely ruined. You should send them to me for proper disposal ;)

In all seriousness, if the food is hot enough to ruin the temper, I don't think the food would be edible anymore. :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top