Alton put the meat right on the coals!
Blair wrote:
>>> BTW, using a hair dryer continuously would tend to cool the
>>> meat, even if it gets it more radiant heat, because radiant
>>> heat isn't the only effect of a grill.
>>
>> Er...you mean the way a bellows cools a forge?
>
> No, the way blowing air through a convection cell pushes
> the heat out the other side. You're increasing radiant
> heat (didn't I just say that?) by increasing oxygen flow
> to the combusting surface but pushing heat that would have
> been convected to the food over to the exhaust.
>
> If the hair dryer weren't a cooling device in that system,
> you might as well just cook the food with the hair dryer.
>
> --Blair
> "It's called a convection oven."
Sorry, I didn't go into depth on AB's grill setup with the hair dryer. The
hair dryer is mounted in such a way that it doesn't blow air across the
food, it blows air across the coals. Yes, that increases radiant energy. And
since the convection currents aren't sent across the food, convection
cooling of the food isn't an issue. That's why the setup is more akin to a
forge than a convection oven.
--Bob
"NOW do you understand?"
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