When cooking, there are many different oil options available. It can be confusing when staring at the grocery store shelves stocked with different oils for which one to choose. Do you choose olive oil? What about coconut oil or avocado oil? The vast number of options can lead to one wondering which one is best and what each oil can be used for.1 Before diving into the best oils for cooking, it is essential to discuss the smoke point for each type of cooking. What is a smoke point? Wondering what smoke point is? This is the temperature that an oil can hit before it starts smoking and essentially burning. Once the oil begins to burn, it adds a burnt flavor to the food, and nobody wants that! Oil smoke points can range from 375 degrees Fahrenheit up to 520 degrees Fahrenheit.2 Each type of cooking has a recommend smoke point. This will