Getting Food Hot

How does food get hot? It's simple, right? Just put it in the oven or heat it on the stovetop.

But the way heat travels from something hot, like a flame or a pot of boiling water, to the food item we intend to cook, is a process called heat transfer, and the different ways this can be accomplished determines how the food is cooked and what the end result will be.

Learn more about the two main methods of heat transfer: conduction and convection.