How to cook in a container using IR.

[deestafford]

Y'all who have IR cookers most likely know this but I'll chunk it out there anyway.

Sometimes we want to cook something in a container using the SRG, TBE, or other IR cooker.  IR rays don't pass through metal.  Putting something  in metal just lets you cook with conventional heat even though you are using IR cookers.

So, if you want to cook in a container and still get the benefit of IR cooking  you can put whatever it is you want to cook in a glass contain...dish, bowl, or whatever.  The IR rays pass through the glass and cook as if it were not there.

If you have not cooked in glass using  your SRG this will give you another arrow in your quiver.

Dee

[Las Vegan Cajun]

Thanks for the info Dee. 

[Pam Gould]

Dee..I bake bread in my tbe in a cast iron Dutch oven. I got one that fits from Bayou Classic. I learned this from Tommy years ago. Let me look for pics. Also, do not put the new Pyrex from China in there, it will break for ya. Get some old stuff from a yard sale or garage sale, or your grandma. I found a shot of a loaf of rye and a shot of the bottom of the loaf I made in tbe. Pam  .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

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[TMB]

One of the best outdoor ovens one can buy    Been doing bread, steaming meat and beans with cast iron for a long time.

The Big Easy, it's not just for oil less frying anymore   

[pmillen]

Good suggestion, Dee.  Glass won't completely block the IR rays the way metal does.  Users should probably use Pyrex glass to reduce the possibility of breakage.  And Pam recommends old vintage (not made in China) Pyrex.

Glass IR transmissivity varies drastically based on the glass chemical composition and the IR energy wavelength.  For instance, glasses containing Barium oxide (BaO) and Lead oxide (PbO) provide a high transmissivity of infrared energy for wavelengths of 2.5µ to 4.5µ.  Pyrex is Borosilicate glass.  It blocks very little IR energy of wavelengths of 2.25µ to 3.25µ but it spikes near 50% blocking as the wavelength approaches 3.5µ.

It appears, since residential users don't know the IR wavelengths generated by their IR devices, that a little experimentation and clock watching is necessary.