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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Friday Night Vittles? 7/11/2025
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:12:17 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-07-11, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:49:48 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
><chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
>
>>On 2025-07-11, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:38:02 +0000, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net
>>> (ItsJoanNotJoAnn) wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:07:40 +0000, S Viemeister wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/11/2025 8:37 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's appearing on your menu tonight?  Home cooking
>>>>>> or eating out or at someone else's house?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> We had mashed potatoes, carrots, and sugar snap peas, with haddock,
>>>>> dusted with seasoned flour and sauteed in half butter, half sunflower
>>>>> oil.
>>>>> qQick, simple and tasty - it was too hot to do much cooking.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Oh, that sounds good, mmmmmmm haddock! I'm dreading that oven.
>>>>Not the actual cooking just turning that dial knowing my kitchen
>>>>will feel like a blast furnace for over an hour.
>>>
>>> Americans here often say that their oven heats up their kitchen if not
>>> half their house. I've never noticed much heat coming of an oven
>>> unless I stand almost against it. Maybe we're talking about different
>>> appliances.
>>
>>American ovens are poorly insulated.
>>
>>Physics tells us, though, that the heat from your oven will eventually
>>make its way out into your kitchen.
>
> Yes, it's gotta go somewhere, but maybe more gradually than through
> deliberate vents.

At least some Australian ovens have vents.

Google's AI informs me:

"Integrated Oven Vents: Many ovens have vents built into the appliance
itself, often located above the door, at the bottom of the control
panel, or at the rear. These may utilize a fan to recirculate air or to
direct fumes and heat outwards, according to Kleenmaid Appliances."

-- 
Cindy Hamilton