Christopher J. Anton on tue 27 jul 99
Given the number of us who have 'fessed up to having =3Cgasp=3E home baked =
bread, I
find myself wondering if any of us have stooped so low as to bake bread in =
our
kilns. I know that at UWF we have occassionally found TV dinners baking in =
the
electric kilns, and on occassion have found art students drying some rather
strange projects.
So, does anyone have any ideas for Alternative Uses for Kilns? In =
responding
please let us know whether the idea has been tested =3Cgrin=3E .
- Chris
Rosemary Attwell on wed 28 jul 99
At 05:47 PM 7/27/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Given the number of us who have 'fessed up to having home baked
bread, I
>find myself wondering if any of us have stooped so low as to bake bread in
our
>kilns. I know that at UWF we have occassionally found TV dinners baking
in the
>electric kilns, and on occassion have found art students drying some rather
>strange projects.
>
>So, does anyone have any ideas for Alternative Uses for Kilns? In responding
>please let us know whether the idea has been tested .
>
> - Chris
>
wonderful for bread case fondue (u know those hollowed out loaves of bread
filled with yummy melting ingredients!!)
also foil wrapped chickens !! :)
have also heard of raku clay wrapped chickens (but have'nt tried [yet])
have fun :)
Ro
PS I also confess to baking my own bread :(
(but I have'nt tried this in the kiln) will have to change that :)
Ingeborg Foco on wed 28 jul 99
Chris,
While I don't bake bread in the kiln, (I've always wanted to have a big pizza
party with pizza baking in the kiln) however, I do have a kiln shelf in the
oven for baking my french bread. When it gets dirty I leave it in the oven
and turn on the self cleaning mode---voila
clean shelf and the bread"blooms" when placed on a hot kiln shelf. Try it.
Ingeborg
Arnold Howard on wed 28 jul 99
Please describe the strange projects students have dried in kilns.
Arnold Howard
--- "Christopher J. Anton" wrote:
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> Given the number of us who have 'fessed up to having
> home baked bread, I
> find myself wondering if any of us have stooped so
> low as to bake bread in our
> kilns. I know that at UWF we have occassionally
> found TV dinners baking in the
> electric kilns, and on occassion have found art
> students drying some rather
> strange projects.
>
> So, does anyone have any ideas for Alternative Uses
> for Kilns? In responding
> please let us know whether the idea has been tested
> .
>
> - Chris
>
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Bill Aycock on thu 29 jul 99
I have a "cook in the kiln" story- maybe worth passing on. In my peak as a
potter (several years ago), I had more than one application to be my
student. I had to pass these up, mostly because I did have a full time job
as a Rocket research Engineer. However, One young man did exchange
maintenance and watch duty on a place I had in the country, for lessons.
He installed a kiln and a wheel, and existed otherwise with an electric
skillet and a small apartment refrigerator. The place was a rather
primitive cabin, but had water and a working bathroom.
One Thanksgiving, he told me he was asking a young lady to have a
traditional thanksgiving dinner with him. He told me this, as explanation
for his request to borrow a large baking pan and a roaster. This was what
he did, in a 23 inch L&L electric kiln, with an analog thermocouple.
IN the bottom, he had the roaster, with a stuffed turkey; this started
cooking first. On a shelf above this, he had ceramic (shallow) bowl, for
more dressing, added to the kiln later, as the turkey cooked. The next
shelf, and next addition, was a pan with candied Sweet potatoes. The top
shelf held a baking pan with a sourdough loaf.
He had worked out the timing for all these items, with the only drawback
being that he had to reach down into the kiln to put things in, and take
them out. He controlled temperature by switching on and off, watching the
thermocouple. He had apparently been baking bread this way, regularly.
Apparently the dinner was a success. I really had a lot of admiration for
his ingenuity. (and a little envy-- she was pretty)
Bill- on Persimmon Hill- about two miles from the site of these happenings.
At 05:47 PM 7/27/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> S N I P
>So, does anyone have any ideas for Alternative Uses for Kilns? In responding
>please let us know whether the idea has been tested .
>
> - Chris
>
>
-
Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill
Woodville, Alabama, US 35776
(in the N.E. corner of the State)
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Des Howard on thu 29 jul 99
Alternative Uses for Kilns
Hmmm...
How about
1. Test calcining large batch of limestone for local entrepreneur (another one o
his "get rich" ideas)
2. Using the kiln burners to red heat goat disbudding iron
3. Drying laundry (pots removed, stuff put on hot shelves...hey! who lets kilns
cold before unpacking?)
4. Making a larger "natural" gold nugget shape for Dad from fossicked flyspecks
Des
Des & Jan Howard
Lue Pottery
LUE NSW 2850
Australia
"Christopher J. Anton" wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Given the number of us who have 'fessed up to having home baked bread,
> find myself wondering if any of us have stooped so low as to bake bread in our
> kilns. I know that at UWF we have occassionally found TV dinners baking in th
> electric kilns, and on occassion have found art students drying some rather
> strange projects.
>
> So, does anyone have any ideas for Alternative Uses for Kilns? In responding
> please let us know whether the idea has been tested .
>
> - Chris
Martin Howard on fri 30 jul 99
I read, I think on ClayArt, about a potter, perhaps in Italy. The local
baker had gone on strike. So the potter used his kiln to bake bread for
the town/village.
I am certainly considering doing that, if the occasion arises. Of
course, I will vacuum the kiln first and clean the shelves, taking off
all the bat wash. After baking to 220 degrees C, I would vacuum again so
that crumbs don't harm the electric coils.
Has anyone else any information on this bread thread?
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery and Press
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE
Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
araneajo@gn.apc.org
P. Cox on fri 30 jul 99
(snip)
While I was in college we had a electric kiln that wasn't good for
anything. We had students from the other mediums come down and use it
for aging paint on wood, making paper look slightly chard, drying latex
on a manikin, and the one I remember the most, dehydrating dead bird
bodies (icky). I myself always found the lid of a kiln on high, warms
up a very tasty potato soup.
>From balmy south Florida where the momma and daddy woodpeckers are
teaching their babies how to knock away at the rain gutters.
rat-ta-tat-tat.
pcox
Richard Gralnik on fri 30 jul 99
I've been asked more times than I can remember if we're going to
bake matzoh in my kiln next Passover. That's a kind of bread.
You don't live on that alone of course, even during Passover.
They're serious too. Traditional matzoh is cooked in a red hot
brick oven. With an arch Mel...
On a related note, if any of you have made ceramic bread pans
would you let me know any tips (e.g. Do/Don't glaze the inside
of the pan. Make it thicker than a usual pot. Make sure the
corners are rounded and smooth. etc.)
Richard
At 02:38 PM 7/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Please describe the strange projects students have dried in kilns.
>
>Arnold Howard
>
>--- "Christopher J. Anton" wrote:
> > ----------------------------Original
> > message----------------------------
> > Given the number of us who have 'fessed up to having
> > home baked bread, I
> > find myself wondering if any of us have stooped so
> > low as to bake bread in our
> > kilns. I know that at UWF we have occassionally
> > found TV dinners baking in the
> > electric kilns, and on occassion have found art
> > students drying some rather
> > strange projects.
> >
> > So, does anyone have any ideas for Alternative Uses
> > for Kilns? In responding
> > please let us know whether the idea has been tested
> > .
> >
> > - Chris
> >
>
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