The mathematics of burger flipping

What is the most effective way to grill food? Timing everything, since only one surface exposed heat at a given time. Should we flip once, or many times? We present simple model of cooking by flipping, and some interesting observations emerge. The rate depends on spectrum linear operator, fixed point map. If system has symmetric thermal properties, becomes independent sequence flips, as long last be cooked midpoint. After numerical optimization, flipping intervals become roughly equal in duration their number increased, though final interval significantly longer. find that optimal improvement time, an arbitrary about 29% over single flip. This toy problem characteristics reminiscent turbulent convection, such uniform average interior temperature with boundary layers.