Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
h a l f b a k e r y
Still more entertaining than cricket.

idea: add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random

meta: news, help, about, links, report a problem

account: browse anonymously, or get an account and write.

user:
pass:
register,


               

induction cooking with diamonds and inert gas

Inspired by sanman's chainmail cooker and followup discussions
  (+4)
(+4)
  [vote for,
against]

Diamonds are paradoxically:1) Better thermal conductors than any metal, 2) Electrical insulators, and 3) Readily heated by magnetic induction. And synthetic, industrial grade diamonds can be made in bulk (relatively) cheaply.

So - Build a top-loading induction oven. Fill it approximately 1/3 to 1/2 full with tiny, industrial grade synthetic diamonds. Take whatever you're cooking and wrap it in either aluminum foil or a high temperature flexible silicone sheet (the kind used for baking pans). Plop this into the over, fill the remaining space with more diamonds. The many tiny stones will press the wrapping around the food, ensuring even cooking.

Close the lid, start cooking. When ready, remove your meal, wait for the diamonds to cool off, and scoop them out for future use.

Diamonds will burn in air at 1562F, most cooking should not reach that temperature. But to prevent degradation it might be a good idea replace the air in the oven with argon - and then you could cook at a few thousand degrees, Maybe not food, but a convenient way to dispose of a body.

a1, Feb 02 2024

Inspired by Induction_20Cooking_20Chainmail_20Wrap
[a1, Feb 02 2024]

[link]






       // convenient way to dispose of a body //   

       Score!
whatrock, Feb 02 2024
  

       Thank you for reading to the end. I don't think that last bit would actually work.
a1, Feb 02 2024
  

       Well there's only one way to find out!
pocmloc, Feb 02 2024
  

       Did you bring some...thing to try it with?
a1, Feb 03 2024
  

       Supposedly the task could be accomplished over several hours at 1600-1800 deg F, a bit longer at somewhat lower temperatures. Perhaps the mentioned appliance could have an adjacent chamber for preheating, uh, items having an annoyingly excessive level of bulk moisture such that the final bake time is not unduly extended. Your pound and Bundt cakes along with several dozen batches of chocolate chip cookies would run through as scheduled as the corpse, er, side project dehumidified appropriately, to be cooked and mulched for the benefit of the tomato patch.
whatrock, Feb 03 2024
  

       I assumed you would have plenty spare there
pocmloc, Feb 03 2024
  
      
[annotate]
  


 

back: main index

business  computer  culture  fashion  food  halfbakery  home  other  product  public  science  sport  vehicle