"Pete C." > wrote:

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>It's a bit like folks who get a pizza stone and then are afraid to run
>the oven hot enough and set it at 350, yes, they'll get the pizza
>cooked, but they will not get the correct results that they would get
>running the oven hot enough (500-500 if your oven will do it).

Pizza was why I bought the Bayou burner-- I still don't have the
'oven' together, but the goal is to cook the pizza on a 700F stone.

High heat is more than just showing off-- it is chemistry.

Jim