Best cooking oil

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I tend to use olive oil as a multipurpose cooking oil and it generally suits us Ok. On the rare occasions that I fry anything though the house ends up full of smoke. Is that because I'm doing it wrong, or is there a better oil with a higher smokepoint (did I make that term up?) for stirfrys etc?

i don't know. but olive oil or coconut oil are the healthiest oils to use at high temperature, so i always use them for frying. and everything else.

No you are not doing it wrong - you are using the wrong oil. Virgin olive oil has a low smoke point (215 degrees C) so you need a high smoke point oil like Sunflower oil (246 degrees C).

See this Wikipedia page and scroll down for a table of smoke points of different cooking oil.

Rapeseed oil is good too.

I use light olive oil for cooking and don't have any problem with stirfries. Then again, I tend not to use the very highest hob setting because I like non-stick pans and they shouldn't be overheated (I expect MoreBeta can find us the temp at which PTFE starts thermal decomposition...)

Rice bran oil is lovely stuff, high smoke point and healthy too. rice bran oil