Searing torches

[Anonymous No.14267670]

Are they a meme or not?

Tell me more and also which model do you own or prefer.

[Anonymous No.14267681]

No, they are not a meme since they are good at searing while minimizing cooking of the meat underneath. The gold standard is the Bernzomatic TS8000, which I have and use often.

[Anonymous No.14267684]

I have one of those $15 crème brûlée torches that you fill with lighter fluid in my house and I use it for small things like melting cheese or quickly flaming tomatoes or bread slices.

I tried using it on salmon but I wasn’t impressed, also I stopped after a couple of minutes because I was afraid of overcooking it (no it didn’t happen).
I’d be interested in trying with a more powerful one.

[Anonymous No.14267703]

>>14267681
This. Bernzomatic kit is less than $15 and the canisters are $3-4 each. With the same torch i can solder copper pipes in the day, carmelize my creme brulee for dessert and smoke a fat dab of wax as a nightcap

[Anonymous No.14267705]

>>14267681
I'm in Europe and the Bernzomatic costs 150€ which is offensive but on Amazon there are the chink clones which I wouldn't even touch with a stick.

I went to my local hardware store and bough pic related kit for 22€, it says that it burns up to 1800C (3300F) but I still have to try it.

[Anonymous No.14267718]

>>14267705
Check and make sure there isn't any lead or whatever in it.
Construction and plumbing tools aren't held to the same food safe standards as kitchen tools.

[Anonymous No.14267729]

>>14267718
Ok I will check, however I bought this because it is also specifically sold as kitchen compatible (also for soldering too).
It looks like a solid product.

[Anonymous No.14267753]

>>14267729
Alright that's less worrisome. I had assumed you just went and got like a MAPP gas torch or something.

[Anonymous No.14267783]

>>14267753
I specifically wanted one of these with the removable head because if something happens I'll just unload the cartridge without dying.

[Anonymous No.14268102]

>>14267670
I was under the impression that they blow gasoline onto the food

[Anonymous No.14268108]

The things and way I cook never really need a torch. I can see it being handy for certain types of cooking, like creme brulee and fish and shit, but I don't make it enough to justify buying one. I find my oven's broiler does a decent enough job for that crispy top.

[Anonymous No.14268169]

>>14267670
I use bernzomatic propane torches. The ones with the self-ignition triggers are the best kinds. Not a meme. I torch meats, fried egg whites, cheese, countless other things that need just a little more spot-heating or browning. Pretty useful tool.

[Anonymous No.14268249]

>>14268102
>gasoline

American education

[Anonymous No.14268321]

What do you think of the searteq accessory?

https://youtu.be/pAupmM5dX3g

I have a torch like this one here >>14267729 can I go to my hardware store and buy the pieces an make my own without spending 40 dollars? Food safe inox of course

[Anonymous No.14268332]

>>14268321
*steel

[Anonymous No.14268350]

I use some mapp gas and nozzle from amazon, gets hot as fuck and burns all of the gas before it hits the target.

Very useful tool, especially for steaks cooked via sous vide.

[Anonymous No.14268361]

>>14267670
Stop calling everything a “meme” fucking newfag zoomers

[Anonymous No.14268387]

>>14268361
Not him but everything is a meme once a YouTube gets famous for using it

[Anonymous No.14268501]

>>14268321
That's a fucking terrible, ill-thought-out design.

What you want is a primary diffuser and heat capture area followed by a working surface. I would suggest you make a parabolic 'cone' as a shroud to go in front of the torch. If your model has an air intake at the rear then this could mount immediately onto the outlet, but it if doesn't then you'll want a backwards-flaring collar around an open ring, then a couple of layers of food safe wire mesh, then a very fine wire mesh as a working surface.

[Anonymous No.14268536]

>>14268501
I see, thank you.
I guess I’ll keep my torch as it is then, I’m fine with it.

There’s a professional model that is the same as mine with an added airflow regulation but it costs twice what I paid for mine.

[Anonymous No.14268796]

>your food now tastes like some shitty fuel
Thanks, I hate it.

[Anonymous No.14268798]

What if I wanted to super-seer a big wildgame beast that's trying to get into my house for their reparations? Surely there's a legally purchasable thing, with maybe a modification, for super cooking powa! Culinary use only!

[Anonymous No.14268821]

>>14267670
>Are they a meme or not?
meme: an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

searing torch: A device used to heat up and brown the surface of a food using the maillard reaction.

so... not a meme.

[Anonymous No.14268948]

>>14268796
This only happens if you let the blue part of the flame touch the food, that’s why you use the rest of the flame

[Anonymous No.14269260]

Help me lads.
What can I place under the steak that I want to sear with the direct flame?

I have pic related but I don’t know what to put under. I used my random metallic oven tray covered in aluminium foil but the flame hits the aluminium sheet so I don’t know if it’s safe.

What’s a safe material I can put under the rack? I have my cast iron pan but I don’t want to damage the seasoning

[Anonymous No.14269581]

>>14269260
Bump for the answer

[Anonymous No.14269676]

I use a brazing torch.

[Anonymous No.14269705]

>>14269676
Is it safe doing it directly on the cast iron cooking surface? I mean safe for the seasoning, I don’t want to burn it off since this time I have a good layer of it.

[Anonymous No.14269718]

>>14269705
I actually use the torch to season the pans. The edges that don't get as hot as the middle, I torch them to carbonize the oil I rub on it after each use.

[Anonymous No.14269745]

Buy a searzall attachment and marvel at how your food no longer tastes of hydrocarbon

[Anonymous No.14269755]

>>14269676
I have like 5 cast iron pans and enjoy them, but at this point I feel like you're using them just for the sake of showing them off. I mean, neither pancakes nor eggs are best made in cast iron, and I can't even begin to fathom what the fuck you're doing with a torch in that pic. Like, if you want want a heavily browned pancake you cook it in a cast iron pan; there's no need for a torch at that point. On the other hand, I've only lived at a place with electric elements once in my life (and vowed to never again), so maybe you think that cast iron gives you more control, but even that makes no sense.

[Anonymous No.14269812]

>>14269718
Ok thanks, I’m still confused.

I wish I never had anxiety

[Anonymous No.14269860]

>>14269812
retard

[Anonymous No.14270222]

>>14267670
I use my searzall all the time

[Anonymous No.14270269]

>>14269755
>neither pancakes nor eggs are best made in cast iron
That is absolutely false. Your opinion isn't fact.
>and I can't even begin to fathom what the fuck you're doing with a torch in that pic
It helps to solidify the egg before flipping it for over-easy, so you don't overcook the yolk. Instead of fucking around with a lid and a tablespoon of water to steam them.

The pancake scorched a bit because I got distracted.

[Anonymous No.14270289]

>>14269812
I hope you get sewn inside a huge pink pig and live inside the pig with a breathing hose and shate the same anus you faggot. DEEERRR I have anxiety no ypu don't.

Retard. Have fun inside a live pig fag enabler.

[Anonymous No.14270318]

>>14270269
Your opinion isn't fact. Cast iron is terrible for eggs and pancakes. Carbon steel is better in every way for those. Carbon steel is better for almost everything people use that meme pan for.

[Anonymous No.14270326]

>>14270269
You burnt your pancake because you got distracted using a torch on your eggs.

[Anonymous No.14270339]

>>14270318
>please give me attention /ck/
I like cast iron it is objectively the best type of pan to cook breakfast in. Shitting on random people because they like things you don't like isn't going to fill that hole in your heart where Jesus belongs, friend.

[Anonymous No.14270340]

>>14269812
Just buy something like this, a raised grill, and put something under like a cutting board. It's high enough not to be in contact with the flame.

[Anonymous No.14270342]

>>14270318
Have to agree.
Carbon steel is better in many ways.
On the other hand, if you have an old hand-me-down cast iron pan, go ahead and use it and make your ancestors proud.
The degree of improvement offered by carbon steel probably isn't worth bringing everlasting shame to your family.
If you're buying new cast iron, look hard at carbon steel. Not much more.

[Anonymous No.14270381]

>>14270326
>t.Torchlet
I was distracted by this little fucker(pic related) who for whatever reason likes eggs more than I do. I have 4 of these trying to trip me up at the moment, chewing on phone chords, and generally being pains in the ass.

[Anonymous No.14270395]

>>14270339
Objectively the best at making burnt pancakes and weird eggs that some how need a torch to be cooked properly?

[Anonymous No.14270414]

>>14270395
Not burnt pancakes made in the exact same pan.
>weird egg
Pot meet kettle.

[Anonymous No.14270495]

>>14270414

Ms. Buttersworth is racist

[Anonymous No.14270501]

>>14270495
Everybody is racist.

[Anonymous No.14270511]

>>14270381
what the fuck is wrong with your cat

[Anonymous No.14271012]

>>14267670
for steaks just use a cast iron pan it takes forever unless you have searsall

[Anonymous No.14271779]

>>14267670
I use a weed burner, it's alright I guess.
It doesn't really come up that often

[Anonymous No.14272115]

>>14267703
Dude WAX

[Anonymous No.14272127]

>>14268798
Just keep a pot of hot oil by the door

[Anonymous No.14273572]

Bump for interest

[Anonymous No.14273695]

>>14267703
base et pille rouge