Why can’t you cook your food at 5000degrees for 1 minute instead of 50degrees for 100 minutes?

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Why can’t you cook your food at 5000degrees for 1 minute instead of 50degrees for 100 minutes?

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Answer 1

Because 1) your oven only goes up so high, and it can’t reach 5000°, and 2) massive temperature for a brief moment would char the outside surface of your food to a crisp, while the center would still be raw. Getting thicker foods to cook evenly without drying out is always a big challenge – that’s why it’s easy to overcook or undercook a Thankgiving turkey. It takes time; you need to cook it at a lower temp, for a longer time, so that the heat can slowly creep its way in without overheating the outside.