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It probably also doesn’t help that some cooking techniques, like wok hei, involve heating the oil past its burning point.

Wok hei isn't a home cook technique

It can be, but you have to mod your stove, and you're supposed to move it outside first.

You can also buy an outdoor wok burner, but home cooks are generally not getting much wok hei.

I just use a turkey fryer.

Many stir fry recipes involve heating oil until smoking.