Frying an egg on a sidewalk requires optimal weather conditions and patience, with a cooking surface temperature of at least 158°F. Blacktop and pavement oil may help, but a constant heat source is needed for even cooking. Oatman, Arizona holds a yearly egg frying contest using other heat sources.
It is possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk, although it takes optimal weather conditions and a lot of patience. Some experts believe that frying an egg requires a cooking surface temperature of 158° Fahrenheit (70° Celsius). Others have cooked an egg to a surface temperature of 130° Fahrenheit (55° Celsius) on a stovetop, a process that takes more than 20 minutes. Generally, sidewalk flooring heats up to just 145° Fahrenheit (62.7° Celsius), and falling egg fluid onto the floor causes the surface beneath the egg to cool. Also, the floor doesn’t have a constant heat source, which can affect whether the egg can cook evenly, if at all.
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On July 4th every year, the US city of Oatman, Arizona holds a sunny egg frying contest. The contest does not require entrants to fry an egg on the sidewalk without access to other heat sources. Instead, the contestants can use other devices, such as mirrors and magnifying glasses, to guide the sun’s rays towards the egg.
Blacktop heats up hotter than gray floor, so it might be a better surface to attempt to fry an egg on. Adding some pavement oil could also help.
One large egg has 71 calories.
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