 Re: Firebrick Electric Oven Liner
The general theme that I've picked up on after reviewing many of the posts is that the bricks act as a heat reservoir to maintain a fairly constant oven temperature. An electric home oven doesn't really have any real heat reservoir so temperature excursions will be rather large when the bread is inserted into the oven. Additional heat requirements to vaporize water for steam only makes the situation worse. Specific Heat Capacity is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a material one unit of temperature (firebrick in this case). The larger the Specific Heat Capacity the more energy the material can hold, or for our purpose, the ability of the ovens lining material to maintain an even temperature. Now for some research on firebrick and its Specific Heat Capacity.
Wild-Yeast
Last edited by Wild-Yeast : 04-09-2008 at 07:48 AM.
Reason: Further Clarification
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