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Pete C. wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" wrote:
>
>>Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>>Dee Randall wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We made pizza tonight. I let my stone heat 1 hour at 550. Each time the
>>>>element comes on, it bakes the stone even hotter, eventually getting the
>>>>stone as hot and hotter than the inside of oven temperature. Don't take my
>>>>word for it, check the bread groups and google. I got this information from
>>>>the scientific breadmaker experts.
>>>
>>>That must be a Magic Chef oven.
>>>
>>>That's not possible, least not on this planet... because if you can get
>>>something inside your oven hotter than the oven temperature you've just
>>>created energy out of nothing... free energy... you've solved all the
>>>world's energy shortage problems. Your scientific breadmaker experts
>>>are obviously just as stupid as you.
>>
>>Once again, our resident blowhole moron shows he's a moron with no real
>>knowledge outside his moronic blowhole moronness.
>>
>>The element is *always* going to be hotter than the oven temperature
>>when it's glowing. The fact that it cycles on and off means that getting
>>the oven to a set temperature only needs part of the heat-generating
>>capacity of the element. It's glowing hotter than any set temperature
>>and heating the stone every time it comes on. It's heating the stone by
>>both conduction from heated air and radiation (the glow) which is
>>considerably hotter than the air.
>>
>>The temperature of the air in the oven isn't the same as the temperature
>>from the radiant element. If it were, the broiler wouldn't brown top
>>surfaces of foods. Put your thermometer up near the broiler element and
>>see how long it survives, moron. Put some lead up near it and see if it
>>melts, moron. Melting point of lead...? Look it up, ignorant blowhole moron.
>>
>>
>>>The only way to create a hotter temperature inside an oven is to
>>>increase the temperature until your pizza ignites, than while the pizza
>>>is burning (giving up its energy) its flames will be hotter than the
>>>oven temperature... of course you'll have nothing to eat but ash.
>>
>>Learn some physics, fatheaded, pontificating moron.
>>
>>Pastorio
>
>
> This thread inspired me to make some pizza for dinner last night.
>
> This bit of the thread had me curious as I could see at least
> theoretically how a pizza stone directly absorbing the radiant energy
> from the ovens element could heat above the ambient temperature above it
> in the oven where the ovens temperature sensor is.
>
> So when making my pizza I got out my Fluke 87 with 80TK thermocouple
> probe to monitor the air temp near the top of the oven and my IR
> thermometer to monitor the temperature of the pizza stone.
>
> At the start, both thermometers were reading 65 degrees. I started the
> oven heating to 550 degrees and periodically checked the temperatures.
> As expected the pizza stone lagged behind due to it's thermal mass. The
> pizza stone eventually made it to the 550 setting a short while after
> the ambient oven air did.
>
> I watched for some time while my pizza dough was rising and while I was
> rolling / stretching the dough, but there was no overshoot in the
> temperature of the pizza stone. It appears that the thermal mass of the
> stone is too great for it to overshoot before it's re-radiated the
> energy to the rest of the oven.
If you heat it with the broiler on rather than just heating the oven on
a "bake" setting, it will overshoot.
> I expect that the bottom surface of the pizza stone experienced
> temperatures in excess of the 550 degree setting, however the thermal
> mass and lag prevented these higher temperatures from ever being
> reflected in the top surface of the pizza stone.
The bottom-heating process won't get the stone above oven setting
because it's relying on the air temp to do the heating.
Pastorio
> At any rate, the pizzas came out great with the stone at 550.
>
> Pete C.
> "Bob (this one)" wrote:
>
>>Sheldon wrote:
>>
>>>Dee Randall wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>We made pizza tonight. I let my stone heat 1 hour at 550. Each time the
>>>>element comes on, it bakes the stone even hotter, eventually getting the
>>>>stone as hot and hotter than the inside of oven temperature. Don't take my
>>>>word for it, check the bread groups and google. I got this information from
>>>>the scientific breadmaker experts.
>>>
>>>That must be a Magic Chef oven.
>>>
>>>That's not possible, least not on this planet... because if you can get
>>>something inside your oven hotter than the oven temperature you've just
>>>created energy out of nothing... free energy... you've solved all the
>>>world's energy shortage problems. Your scientific breadmaker experts
>>>are obviously just as stupid as you.
>>
>>Once again, our resident blowhole moron shows he's a moron with no real
>>knowledge outside his moronic blowhole moronness.
>>
>>The element is *always* going to be hotter than the oven temperature
>>when it's glowing. The fact that it cycles on and off means that getting
>>the oven to a set temperature only needs part of the heat-generating
>>capacity of the element. It's glowing hotter than any set temperature
>>and heating the stone every time it comes on. It's heating the stone by
>>both conduction from heated air and radiation (the glow) which is
>>considerably hotter than the air.
>>
>>The temperature of the air in the oven isn't the same as the temperature
>>from the radiant element. If it were, the broiler wouldn't brown top
>>surfaces of foods. Put your thermometer up near the broiler element and
>>see how long it survives, moron. Put some lead up near it and see if it
>>melts, moron. Melting point of lead...? Look it up, ignorant blowhole moron.
>>
>>
>>>The only way to create a hotter temperature inside an oven is to
>>>increase the temperature until your pizza ignites, than while the pizza
>>>is burning (giving up its energy) its flames will be hotter than the
>>>oven temperature... of course you'll have nothing to eat but ash.
>>
>>Learn some physics, fatheaded, pontificating moron.
>>
>>Pastorio
>
>
> This thread inspired me to make some pizza for dinner last night.
>
> This bit of the thread had me curious as I could see at least
> theoretically how a pizza stone directly absorbing the radiant energy
> from the ovens element could heat above the ambient temperature above it
> in the oven where the ovens temperature sensor is.
>
> So when making my pizza I got out my Fluke 87 with 80TK thermocouple
> probe to monitor the air temp near the top of the oven and my IR
> thermometer to monitor the temperature of the pizza stone.
>
> At the start, both thermometers were reading 65 degrees. I started the
> oven heating to 550 degrees and periodically checked the temperatures.
> As expected the pizza stone lagged behind due to it's thermal mass. The
> pizza stone eventually made it to the 550 setting a short while after
> the ambient oven air did.
>
> I watched for some time while my pizza dough was rising and while I was
> rolling / stretching the dough, but there was no overshoot in the
> temperature of the pizza stone. It appears that the thermal mass of the
> stone is too great for it to overshoot before it's re-radiated the
> energy to the rest of the oven.
If you heat it with the broiler on rather than just heating the oven on
a "bake" setting, it will overshoot.
> I expect that the bottom surface of the pizza stone experienced
> temperatures in excess of the 550 degree setting, however the thermal
> mass and lag prevented these higher temperatures from ever being
> reflected in the top surface of the pizza stone.
The bottom-heating process won't get the stone above oven setting
because it's relying on the air temp to do the heating.
Pastorio
> At any rate, the pizzas came out great with the stone at 550.
>
> Pete C.