You're not cooking.
You're just heating food.
Most people use fire without thinking.
Turn it up, turn it down, wait.
But they don't understand it.
And that's why they don't control the outcome.
Fire is not a step.
It's the main tool.
Everything happens there: reaction, texture, flavor.
If you don't control it, everything else is irrelevant.
This isn't advanced technique.
It's fundamental.