36'' or 42" oven? Newbie Forum Discuss 36'' or 42" oven? in the Good Background Information forums; Originally Posted by Mitchamus nope - it's presented in centimeters. Even though those cm equate to an inch measurement, That's ...

[Eric Pfeifer]

Originally Posted by Mitchamus

nope - it's presented in centimeters.

Even though those cm equate to an inch measurement,
That's only because it's expensive to build 1 size for Luddites and one size for everyone else

I mean no self respecting Luddite is going to buy a 39 1/64" tv

I also find it funny that imperial background people weigh water and present it in grams.

Not that there's anything wrong with Inches...but why work with fractions if you don't have to?

My apology. My statement was too general! When I was helping my German girlfriend pick out a TV in Bochum last year, the one's in the stores had them listed by "Zoll," or inches. I couldn't believe it. She bought a 40 inch that was on sale.

Back to the thread--I recommend moderation. If you have huge oven at full temp, I think you would be firing pizzas out like a machine gun. Seems hectic to me.

Eric

[james]

Eric,

Having a slightly larger oven means you can shoot out a lot of pizzas -- but you don't have to. :-)

Q: Why did you make 100 pizzas for a party of 20?
A: My oven made me do it.

James

[drogers]

Originally Posted by Alter ego

I just knew that there would be a strong resistance to my metric mutiny from our American cousins.

I will concede that metric division of pizza doesn't really work as you would normally cut into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 etc and not into 0.1 of a pizza

Paul

If metric is the way, why is time not measured that way ? Could it be that some things in nature just were not meant to be in a base 10 system ? Measurement in a base ten does not seem to exercise the mind as well.

[james]

Going back to the idea that the Hubble Telescope was out of focus because of a bad mix of inches and metric reminds me of a story.

Jim H, who built the first Pompeii Oven quite a few years ago always used to say -- relax, it's a brick oven. It isn't rocket science.

It feels like we are coming full cycle. Maybe it is rocket science. :-)

James

[EADavis]

Taking the Hubble analogy one step further...

I used to work for the company that screwed up the Hubble primary mirror (different division, though). Yeah, the mirror was out of focus, but it was PERFECTLY out of focus, hence the success of the "contact lens" they used to fix it. So...

Don't worry about screwing up your oven build, it can always be fixed - all you need is a Space Shuttle and $100 million!
Ed