Condiment during cooking to add flavor or texture; barbecue sauce, compound butter, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, and marmite and sour cream are examples. The term "condiment" comes from the Latin "condimentum", meaning "spice, seasoning, sauce" and from the Latin "condere", meaning "preserve, pickle, season". The exact definition of a condiment varies. Some definitions encompass spices and herbs, including salt pepper, using the term interchangeably with "seasoning". Others restrict the definition to include only "prepared food compound[s], containing one or more spices", which are added to food after the cooking process, such as mustard, ketchup or mint sauce. Cheese is also considered
Smoke ring (cooking) fuel source and that source's production of NO2. The highest concentrations of atmospheric NO2 can be achieved in a smoker through the utilization of charcoal briquets, or wood fires; both of which are capable of producing up to 200ppm (parts per million) NO2 in the cooking chamber. It has been suggested that greener woods produce more NO2, but are less suitable for cooking. Cooking "low and slow" is said to be key in the development of a smoke ring. This methodology, often cooking at temperatures under 225 degrees F for long periods of time, allows smoke to penetrate the meat