> wrote in message
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> If a recipe calls for cooking something at medium heat and you have
> four different burner ratings, 15k, 12k, 9k etc what defines medium?
> i.e is it 7.5k, 6k or 4.5k? Or are the dials calibrated somehow so that
> medium is always medium but high changes with the burner (seems
> unlikely) or am I missing the point somewhere along the line...
>
> Damian

As others have said there is little or no relationship between Medium and
BTU's.

What are you cooking?

Maybe the purpose is to prevent scorching or burning the bottom of the
pan/pot.

Dimitri