Cooking on top of my wood stove

[indyjohn]

Fresh can of stove black in the spring, good as new. Did you buy it to use? Or buy it to look at?
Like any tool, it will show scars from honest use. Anything you use to cook on is gonna get greasy eventually. Concerned it might actually (gasp) show some use, use the kitchen range to cook on. If you need it in an emergency, how it ends up looking is not going to be a concern..

You are absolutely on point here. Followed by everyone else's suggestion of stove black and I think we have a solution.

What say you OG?

 

[OkieGirl]

I like the idea of cast iron trivets and stove polish. I'm not so worried about me scaring the surface while I'm cooking, more worried about all of my 'helpers' who are a bit more aggressive at stirring the pot and moving it around on the surface. Have already got the water pot for the humidifier.

 

[bwframe]

Is the surface too hot for a silicone trivet?

 

[churchmouse]

You are absolutely on point here. Followed by everyone else's suggestion of stove black and I think we have a solution.

What say you OG?

Come on man just ell for her. She is not that far away.....


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[indyjohn]

Is the surface too hot for a silicone trivet?

Can't find a max temp for those things. The surface of the stove has to be in the 500 - 600* range I'd think.

 

[indyjohn]

Come on man just ell for her. She is not that far away.....

You may be right.

 

[OkieGirl]

Come on man just ell for her. She is not that far away.....


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LOL, I know!! He coulda just turned around and said "hey, whatdoya think?". But Noooooooo, I gotta stumble across it while trolling.

 

[churchmouse]

LOL, I know!! He coulda just turned around and said "hey, whatdoya think?". But Noooooooo, I gotta stumble across it while trolling.

Yup he gotcha....

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Can't find a max temp for those things. The surface of the stove has to be in the 500 - 600* range I'd think.

If I run ours up that hot we have to open some window's.......

 

[indyjohn]

If I run ours up that hot we have to open some window's.......

It's got to be hotter than my grill that has a thermometer showing 400* internal temp, right?

1" thick New York Strip 8 minutes per side at that temp, medium every time.

 

[OkieGirl]

If I run ours up that hot we have to open some window's.......

I'm a little worried, we may be roasting in that cabin. Anyone who's put eyes on it tells him it's plenty big for the space. I can't imagine how it ever got over-engineered...not idea what-so-ever...

 

[churchmouse]

I'm a little worried, we may be roasting in that cabin. Anyone who's put eyes on it tells him it's plenty big for the space. I can't imagine how it ever got over-engineered...not idea what-so-ever...

Uh.....

 

[bwframe]

Can't find a max temp for those things. The surface of the stove has to be in the 500 - 600* range I'd think.

These have gone down in price a lot. Less than half of what I paid a year ago:

Digital Laser Infrared IR Thermometer

 

[churchmouse]

These have gone down in price a lot. Less than half of what I paid a year ago:

Digital Laser Infrared IR Thermometer

I still use the high end piece that was one of the 1st really good pro hand helds. It was $300 when I bought it.
That one you listed is dirt cheap. They have really come down in price.

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These have gone down in price a lot. Less than half of what I paid a year ago:

Digital Laser Infrared IR Thermometer

I still use the high end piece that was one of the 1st really good pro hand helds. It was $300 when I bought it.
That one you listed is dirt cheap. They have really come down in price.

 

[indyjohn]

These have gone down in price a lot. Less than half of what I paid a year ago:

Digital Laser Infrared IR Thermometer

I still use the high end piece that was one of the 1st really good pro hand helds. It was $300 when I bought it.
That one you listed is dirt cheap. They have really come down in price.

Sounds like I'll be borrowing CM's.

 

[indyjohn]

Getting really tired of these duplicate entries in 1 post.

 

[churchmouse]

Getting really tired of these duplicate entries in 1 post.

Yeah me to. PM Tex.

 

[K_W]

It's got to be hotter than my grill that has a thermometer showing 400* internal temp, right?

1" thick New York Strip 8 minutes per side at that temp, medium every time.

Medium?... might as well serve them burnt.

 

[indyjohn]

Medium?... might as well serve them burnt.

I've learned my audience doesn't want to hear (or taste) their steak moo...

 

[Thor]

Is the surface too hot for a silicone trivet?

The silicone stuff I have all say they are only good to 500 deg. F so it sounds like you might end up with a gooey mess (or fire) if the stove gets hotter.

 

[Thor]

Medium?... might as well serve them burnt.

I saw a restaurants add that had a meat thermometer on it that said:

Rare
Medium Rare
Wait
What are you doing
It's ruined