[Sca-cooks] Seasoning a Potjie

[Stefan li Rous]

  Phlip replied to Giano with:
> > Would a paint-stripping heat gun work? 'cause I just bought a cheap
> > one, and
> > it sure is no good for stripping paint.
> >
> > Giano
>
> Doesn't get to the right temps.

Yep. Even if the heat gun has enough temperature on it's own, 
temperature is not the same as heat. You are trying to heat an awfully 
large heat sink with a huge surface area to metal volume ratio. I'm not 
even sure you could get the area immediately under the torch to a 
proper temperature because the heat is going to want to transfer 
through the metal readily and then into the air with that much surface 
area.

> I suspect your best option, from what you're
> describng, is to put it over a hefty bed of coals.

I agree with Phlip that this is probably your best solution. If you 
need to do it before you go camping with it, and you live in a location 
you can do this, putting the pot over a fire of charcoal briquets 
should work. "No officer, there isn't anything in the pot. I'm just 
cooking the pot. Oh, no fires in the city parks? Oh." :-)

Stefan
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