On Sat, 16 May 2009 21:21:35 -0500, Dave Garland
> wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 May 2009 00:08:02 -0500, Dave Garland
>> > wrote:
>>> True. That's what toaster ovens are for.
>>>
>> Those things make a room hotter than a regular (self cleaning) oven
>> with the door closed will.
>
>Not in my experience. Toaster ovens aren't as well insulated, but
>they're much smaller. Not counting the heat (energy) that is lost
>heating the oven itself up, heat is lost through the surface area. My
>regular oven has about 8.5 sq ft surface area (height+depth)*width,
>and takes maybe 15 minutes to get up to temperature. My small toaster
>oven has about 1 sq ft surface area and is up to temperature in under
>a minute.
>
>Ultimately, all that heat energy (less whatever tiny amount was
>absorbed in changing the food chemistry) ends up in your room (and
>costing you money).
>
I had an old fashioned not insulated toaster oven years ago. That
thing put out a lot more heat than my less than new self cleaning oven
ever did. It was never a problem because I live in an area that is
rarely warm, so ambient heat in the kitchen on most days is fine by
me.


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Sometimes I even put it in the food.