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How to Capitalize on Your Oven's Residual Heat

Heating up an entire oven takes a fair amount of energy, and it can feel a little wasteful to use all of it to heat a single foodstuff (whether a Party Pizza or a small pork loin). But, as anyone who has ever used an oven knows, ovens stay hot and toasty even after they’re switched off—such is the miracle of thermodynamics—so you might as well put that heat to work.