Why couldn’t something that says “Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes” theoretically be cooked at 6000 degrees for 1 minute?

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Why couldn’t something that says “Cook at 400 degrees for 15 minutes” theoretically be cooked at 6000 degrees for 1 minute?

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Your math is wonky especially using a Fahrenheit scale, but let’s assume that overall heat remains the same but over a different amount of time.
Cooking generally requires that you cook the food all the way through, and the heat takes time to get from the outside of the food to the inside. So if you cook too fast the heat will cook the outside, but never have time to cook the inside before that outside gets over-cooked and burns.