Principles of Heat Transfer in Cooking
Nutrition and Food Science · Secondary 2 · Food Science and Preparation · 2.º Período

Principles of Heat Transfer in Cooking

Examine how heat is transferred through conduction, convection, and radiation during food preparation. Understand how these principles apply to everyday cooking equipment.

MOE Syllabus OutcomesMOE NFS Syllabus 3.1: Methods of cookingMOE NFS Syllabus 3.2: Heat transfer

About This Topic

Examine how heat is transferred through conduction, convection, and radiation during food preparation. Understand how these principles apply to everyday cooking equipment.

Key Questions

  1. How does heat travel through different cooking mediums?
  2. What is the difference between conduction and convection?
  3. How does radiation cook our food in a microwave oven?

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