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Old 02-22-2008, 12:42 AM
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Default Re: What do you think???

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Originally Posted by BottleFed70 View Post
Its not so much the heating of the inner skin. Rather, the heat lost is transfered through the oven walls. The more surface area (amount of wall) the more heat that will be transfered. Thats why the online calculators ask for the dimensions of your oven rather than the cubic footage.
The only online calculator I've seen mentioned on this site is in an Excel spreadsheet format. While it does ask for oven dimensions, they are only used to compute internal volume. There is no calculation within it that references surface area. What other oven calculators are available?

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