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    Chefs who do this minimize the risk of a kitchen fire by not having anything burnable in the kitchen. Commercial kitchens have stainless steel cabinets, shelves and other components. The kitchen in the video is a TV set, made to resemble a home kitchen. But they have minimized the risk as far as possible by not having anything above the cooking island. Commented 2 days ago
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    I do not think the chef is pouring the juice from the sauce pan to the stove. I do not see that in the video. He just tilts the pan enough to catch on fire. That would be a terrible idea to pour the juice deliberately, adding hard to clean splatter to the stove :( Commented yesterday
  • It's a bit of a show off move. It's more convenient than using a long match, which is the way us mere mortals should do it. It is more dangerous to tilt the pan than to use a long match. So I don't recommend the method. It's fine if you know what you're doing and your stove area is clear of anything combustible. Commented 3 mins ago