On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:40:06 -0500
silentking > wrote:

> But I thought the Baking Stone (in addition to what you stated) was to
> even out the temperature inside the oven to keep it at a constant
> temperature. Is this an additional function of the stone? My oven is the
> worst one ever made (really!) and I was thinking of getting some
> Baking Stones for this purpose.


Well, yes and no. They act somewhat as a heat spreader, and change the
convection currents in your oven. They block direct radiated heat, though
they radiate some on their own.

Maybe you should start with quarry tiles if this an experiment in
evening out the temperature of your oven - five 8" tiles - one of them cut
squarely in half - will fit the shelf in most consumer ovens nicely.

Speaking of which, I need to toss mine and replace them with a fibrament
stone. Now that I'm all fiscally solvent & making what I'm worth again and
all that.