Stir fry that for about thirty seconds or until it's just beginning to char, then swirl in a half tablespoon liaojiu aka Shaoxing wine… nice mix, and then take it out.
And you also want them to cook nice and brown on one side where you can get a nice char, and flip them over, let them cook on the other side to temp which is 165 degrees.
This is more than enough time to evacuate most buildings, and once the smoke has settled, charred panels can be swapped out — unlike melted steel beams.
Without a sustained heat source the charring of the outer layer of a big piece of timber protects the structure inside-try lighting a camp fire when you only have logs.
They were charred spirals of what appeared to be wood. The men dared her to take a bite and, when she did, she discovered that beneath the smoke-blackened surface was unsalted corn bread.