taiwanluthiers Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 A few days ago, I had some chili powder that caked up due to moisture, so I thought I'd dry it in the oven... big mistake. It seems I forgot to turn the oven temperature down and the chili powder burned to a crisp, filling the entire house with very acrid smoke.... It proves that it doesn't always take pyro to smoke up a house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ubehage Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 And that is why you never use ovens for pyro-stuff inside. I, myself, am conducting some tests with drying wet-pressed mixture in an oven. The oven is old; in my mind it is already dead. And it is placed outside, in an area where noone will cry if it went up in flames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanluthiers Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Problem is that spices tend to be hygroscopic for whatever reason, so any humidity above 30% and it clumps and gets all wet and stuff... I should have turned the oven down first. It did work in drying SINGLE CHEMICALS such as wet chlorate crystals from the cell.... good thing I didn't bake that at 250C... because molten chlorate reacts with damn near anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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