Cooking torch

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A cooking blowtorch (culinary blowtorch, chef's blowlamp, culinary torch) allows a cook to direct a precise jet of flame onto food to sear or to brown the surface to enhance the flavour and visual appeal.

Finishing sweet corn with a blowtorch
Rothenberger MAPP blowtorch.
Next to a 400g can of baked beans

Foods cooked by the sous vide cooking method are often browned by a cooking torch before serving.

The torch shown is a butane blow-torch, refilled using a standard cigarette lighter refill. £17.13 Amazon UK

The MAPP blowtorch, by comparison, is huge. It works brilliantly and most importantly, does not taint the food. £79.99 Screwfix UK


Types of blowtorch

Butane (or propane)
  • For
    • Cheap (£17.00)
    • Easily available
  • Against
    • Can leave slight odour of butane on food
    • Does not really burn hot enough
MAPP (methylacetylene-propadiene propane) or propylene gas
  • For
    • Burns at an extremely high temperature
    • Leaves no odour
    • Sears food very quickly
  • Against
    • Expensive (£80 +)
    • Not obviously available as a culinary tool (usually sold as a soldering or braising torch)
    • Bulky (for storage)

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