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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Remember that absolute temperature is in Kelvin, not Fahrenheit or Celsius. So doubling the temperature in Fahrenheit is not the same as doubling the absolute temperature.