14 Creative Ways To Use A Culinary Torch
1. Family Camping Trips - Smell that campfire! A match is so yesterday, a torch will keep lit to help get that campfire burning bright to roast the marshmallows for the S'mores that bring that sunny smile to every little child's face.
2. Lighting Pilot Lights - When holding a match to stretch into that little hole, and jumping for the WHOOF that follows? No more!
3. Lighting Candles - These torches have a nice jet flame to quickly light a romanic multitude of candles at a wedding, prom or formal business dinner or just one for the supper table with family.
4. Lighting Outdoor Lanterns, Tiki Torches & Fire Pits - Tiki torches can be a challenge to light, but the extra heat from a torch flame may help. They are a fun way to bring a more formal air to any outdoor gathering.
5. Melting Rope Ends - Men love anything super size, and the flame on these torches certainly are. No more frayed ropes.
6. Soldering Jobs - With a fire that burns almost 2,500 degrees, they can even be used for soldering and brazing.
7. Lighting The BBQ - They can be used to reach down through the grates to light the fire, or if the starter has gone out on a gas grill, the long flame can be used to reach into the grill and ignite the BBQ from a distance to protect hands from flame up burn.
8. Wedding Planners Tool Kit - The tradition of the bride's parents paying for their daughter's wedding dates back to the dowry system where parents ‘reimbursed' the groom and his family for taking on the task of supporting their daughter. Oh, well, all those candles need something fast and efficient to light them all, regardless of who paid for them!
9. Lighting Cigars - Large, chunky cigars can be a challenge to light, but a torch should make this job easier.
10. Roasting Marshmellows For S'Mores - Those yummy gooey chocolately crackers! They were first mentioned in 1927 in a Girl Scout publication called Tramping & Trailing with the Girl Scouts. Loretta Scott Crew, who made them for Girl Scouts around the campfire, is given credit for the
recipe.
11. Roasting The Skins Off Of Peppers - For a quick way to burn the skins so they come off of Chilis quickly. A great way to make homemade Chili Rellanos; just char the skin on a Poblano pepper, pop it into a plastic bag and let it steam, then stuff it with monterey jack cheese and dip in frothed egg and fry.
12. Jewlery Repair - Again, the continuous, very hot flame will be helpful here.
13. Finishing Sous Vide Meat - The 'new' hip way to cook meat that was first discovered by Count Rumford in 1799 that is essentially any food sealed in an airtight bag and cooked in a water bath for an extended time (sometimes over 96 hours!). The down side is that it has no yummy char flavor, and that is where a good quality torch comes in handy.
14. Glazing Hams - That shiny, sweet finish can be accomplished with the help of a torch. As one of the most commonly consumed pork products in the world, Ham is certainly an all time favorite, and a sweet glazed finish makes it even better.