[Igster]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

You never want to heat an oil over it's smoke point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_point

Gives the meat a bad flavour.

I've been doing this for years and have never had a problem...so I guess a basic stove at 7 or 8 for the pan to get hot for 2 minutes doesn't cause this to happen.