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Lewis Perin

(Scott Dorsey) writes:

>Lewis Perin > wrote:
>>kludge writes:
>
>>>I use a Chatworth "vitrified hotelware" pot so I don't have to worry about
>>>pre-warming the pot! I highly recommend them!
>>
>>Are you saying that when you pour boiling water into the Chatsworth, the
>>pot removes only a negligible amount of heat from the water?
>
>Right, the material is very very thin and so there is little thermal mass
>to take heat up, unlike a thick earthenware pot. And, unlike a thin porcelain
>pot, it won't crack from the thermal shock.
>
>Now, the bad news is that heat loss via radiation is more significant than
>it is with a thick earthenware pot.
>
>Hmm... you know.... you might be able to pre-warm a pot effectively by
>pouring hot water on top of it rather than inside it.

Thats a well-known gongfu technique (using much smaller pots, of course.)

/Lew
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