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1. As long as there is water in the food, it does not matter what temperature your fire is, 250F or 1000F you simply cannot make temperature go higher than 212F (atmospheric pressure). you can find videos on youtube, or try it yourself, of boiling water in a paper container.
2. You cannot change a material's thermal conductivity. That is a constant.