Re: Toaster Oven dimmer ?

Hello Darrell,

Your heating speeds seem reasonable.  Mine is about 2C/second at room
temperature and 0.5C/second at 200 C. Xilinx recommends ramping up to
the peak temperature at 2-3 degrees C per second if I remember
correctly.  I believe I would be in that range with the second element
since the decrease in speed is probably due to the poor insulation of
the oven.

It could also be because of the large volume of the oven chamber versus limited heater power. Just like it takes twice as long to heat a room of twice the volume with a space heater of a given power, almost regardless how good the house is insulated.

Unless you are talking about a different beast usually they design these ovens so that one or two regular size chickens will fit. I don't know if that would be safe: What if the oven were somehow modified to maybe a quarter of its usual height?

Regards, Joerg

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