/ck/, do you grill with the door ajar or the door closed? I was

Are...are you serious?

>>7338876
i assume you mean broiling.
>>7338986
i assume he means broiling.

>>7338876
Ajar, because I was told it would overheat otherwise, but writing that out I realise how retarded it is.

First time I ever used the grill I left the door closed and the whole thing caught fire so I'm not doing that again in a hurry

>>7338876
I have never heard of not closing the oven door, it lets out all the heat.. maybe to cook on extremely low temps?

>>7339596
There wasn't any food in it either, the actual oven caught fire

>>7339601

Broiling cooks via radiant heat, not the hot air in the oven. Opening the door doesn't affect it.

>>7339610
Alright assumed we were still talking cooking not broiling

>>7339604
Damn, maybe the overheating thing wasn't so retarded after all.

>>7338876
When I grill in the oven, I use a pot of vegetable oil and leave the door closed in case there's a grease fire.

>>7338876

In my electric oven, the broiler element will turn off if the oven gets too hot, so I crack the door to allow some heat to escape whenever I want the direct radiating heat from the broiler element.

The only thing I use the broiler for is pizza. I pre-heat the oven on max setting to warm up a pizza stone, which I place about 4 inches below the broiler element, and then when the oven is at max temp, I crack the door and turn on the broiler element to heat the top of the stone, and then to cook my pizza.

For everything else I use my charcoal grill or smoker.