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Re: spritzing

Nifcon@aol.com
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:03:52 EDT
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Dave wrote:
 >
 > I stopped mucking around with the spray bottle, though.  One thing I
 > noticed was that no matter what I did, once the water was in the bottom I
 > couldn't get the oven to go over 450 F.  The reason, I believe, is that 
the
 > constant influx of new steam at 212 F was forcing the hotter air and steam
 > out the top of the oven and at about 450 F the rate at which new steam was
 > being produced was about equal to the maximum output of the elements in the
 > oven.
 >
 > Now, to my mind, this is enough steam and I would wager that more steam is
 > lost opening the oven door than will be generated by the subsequent
 > spraying.

Dave, I was already coming to the same conclusion - I've baked several 
batches recently without spritzing and damned if I can tell the difference.

John