# Does 1/2 olive oil + 1/2 corn oil = higher smoke point?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-1-2-olive-oil-1-2-corn-oil-higher-smoke-point/524452 "2010-01-11T00:42:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-1-2-olive-oil-1-2-corn-oil-higher-smoke-point/524452/1 "2010-01-11T00:42:15Z")

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Need answer fast!

(God I love doing need-answer fast cooking questions ;))

As soon as the dishwasher gets done, I will set about trying to improve a dish that I have been cooking with olive oil by smoothing out the taste a bit by using some corn oil. It might have an added benefit in having a higher smoke point than olive oil, as I want to cook the onions and green peppers at high heat for a couple minutes and this might get the oil hotter. (Then again I don’t mind a _little_ smoke as it seems to add to the flavor a bit if I keep it covered.)

So, if I mix olive oil and corn oil will it create a mixture, where the smoke point is between the two, or will the olive oil smoke separately at its normal temperature?

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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-1-2-olive-oil-1-2-corn-oil-higher-smoke-point/524452/2 "2010-01-11T00:51:45Z")

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Why not just use corn oil to cook; olive oil to flavor after? This is what I do when I cook with butter.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-1-2-olive-oil-1-2-corn-oil-higher-smoke-point/524452/3 "2010-01-11T01:00:09Z")

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I believe it should work fine. It is pretty common to cook in a mix olive oil in butter to cook higher temperature than the smoke point of pure butter.