gtr wrote:

> My wife points out when I was broiling lamb-chops yesterday that
> broiling should *always* be done with the oven open. The smallest
> opening we can provide is about six or more inches, any closer and it
> snaps closed. I don't see the point in pre-heating an oven only to leave
> it open.


Electric broilers need the thermastat to remain activated in the "on"
mode. Gas broilers don't work that way.
So Electric broiling- leave door ajar.
Gas broiling- close door

Goomba > wrote:

>gtr wrote:

>> My wife points out when I was broiling lamb-chops yesterday that
>> broiling should *always* be done with the oven open.

>Electric broilers need the thermastat to remain activated in the "on"
>mode. Gas broilers don't work that way.
>So Electric broiling- leave door ajar.
>Gas broiling- close door

I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
electric element is hard on.

Not true?

It's true in my toaster oven!


Steve

In article >,
(Steve Pope) wrote:

> Goomba > wrote:
>
> >gtr wrote:
>
> >> My wife points out when I was broiling lamb-chops yesterday that
> >> broiling should *always* be done with the oven open.
>
> >Electric broilers need the thermastat to remain activated in the "on"
> >mode. Gas broilers don't work that way.
> >So Electric broiling- leave door ajar.
> >Gas broiling- close door
>
> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
> electric element is hard on.
>
> Not true?
>
> It's true in my toaster oven!

Kind of scary to think that your (probably) el cheapo toaster oven has a
more sophisticated control system than the electric ranges that many
folks here are claiming to have?

Or maybe it's just one of those things where you do things because
that's how they've always been done, and you leave the oven door open to
broil because back in grandma's day, the stoves didn't have a "broil"
setting, so you just turned it up all the way and left the door open so
the thermostat wouldn't ever turn the heat off!

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

> Goomba > wrote:
>
>>gtr wrote:
>
>>> My wife points out when I was broiling lamb-chops yesterday that
>>> broiling should *always* be done with the oven open.
>
>>Electric broilers need the thermastat to remain activated in the "on"
>>mode. Gas broilers don't work that way.
>>So Electric broiling- leave door ajar.
>>Gas broiling- close door
>
> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
> electric element is hard on.
>
> Not true?
>
> It's true in my toaster oven!

For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
kick it off.

Broil in an electric oven just means 550F or so, which means hard on [sic]
if you keep the door ajar. It will still turn off at 550F. The only hay
to get true hard on [sic] with the door closed is the self-clean cycle.

-sw

On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:58:09 -0400, Goomba wrote:

> Electric broilers need the thermastat to remain activated in the "on"
> mode. Gas broilers don't work that way.
> So Electric broiling- leave door ajar.
> Gas broiling- close door

I don't understand why gas is different than electric. It's the same
principle.

If there's any difference then it must be in the controls or the vents -
and I don't see whay they'd be different.

-sw

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
>> Goomba > wrote:
>>
>>>gtr wrote:
>>
>>>> My wife points out when I was broiling lamb-chops yesterday that
>>>> broiling should *always* be done with the oven open.
>>
>>>Electric broilers need the thermastat to remain activated in the "on"
>>>mode. Gas broilers don't work that way.
>>>So Electric broiling- leave door ajar.
>>>Gas broiling- close door
>>
>> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
>> electric element is hard on.
>>
>> Not true?
>>
>> It's true in my toaster oven!
>
> For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
> kick it off.
>
> Broil in an electric oven just means 550F or so, which means hard on [sic]
> if you keep the door ajar. It will still turn off at 550F. The only hay
> to get true hard on [sic] with the door closed is the self-clean cycle.
>
> -sw

Or with Viagra.

Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

>> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
>> electric element is hard on.

>> Not true?

>> It's true in my toaster oven!

>For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
>kick it off.

Yeah, I have never broiled anything that long. Steak, pork chops,
scallops, flat fish all are ready in 8 minutes or less.

The electric broiler is perhaps my favorite way to cook scallops.
A minute before they are done, I pour sauteed garlic on them.

Steve

Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>
>>> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
>>> electric element is hard on.
>
>>> Not true?
>
>>> It's true in my toaster oven!
>
>>For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
>>kick it off.

Overheating sensor... no such gizmo. In broil mode... gas or
electric... the oven thermostat is bypassed.

Steve Pope wrote:

> Yeah, I have never broiled anything that long. Steak, pork chops,
> scallops, flat fish all are ready in 8 minutes or less.
>
> The electric broiler is perhaps my favorite way to cook scallops.
> A minute before they are done, I pour sauteed garlic on them.



Mmm.... remind me of one of my favourite easy and delicious scallop
recipes. Mix up some cream and some prepared mustard. Dip the scallops
in that and then roll them in bread crumbs. Put them on a skewer and
broil till golden brown on both sides.

It's called a smoke alarm, dipshit!!

brooklyn1 > wrote:

>Sqwertz > wrote:

>>>On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

>>>> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
>>>> electric element is hard on.

>>>For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
>>>kick it off.

>Overheating sensor... no such gizmo. In broil mode... gas or
>electric... the oven thermostat is bypassed.

Dat's what I was saying.


S.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:34:42 -0400, brooklyn1 wrote:

> Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>>
>>>> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
>>>> electric element is hard on.
>>
>>>> Not true?
>>
>>>> It's true in my toaster oven!
>>
>>>For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
>>>kick it off.
>
> Overheating sensor... no such gizmo. In broil mode... gas or
> electric... the oven thermostat is bypassed.

Bullshit.

-sw

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:50:30 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:34:42 -0400, brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:22:20 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I thought it you turn the knob all the way up to "broil" the
>>>>> electric element is hard on.
>>>
>>>>> Not true?
>>>
>>>>> It's true in my toaster oven!
>>>
>>>>For more than 10-15 minutes? I would think the overheating sensor would
>>>>kick it off.
>>
>> Overheating sensor... no such gizmo. In broil mode... gas or
>> electric... the oven thermostat is bypassed.
>
> Bullshit.
>
> -sw

we should all have this response assigned to a hotkey.

your pal,
blake