Bisque Firing Nirvana

Here is a photo of pots on the bottom shelf in last week's bisque firing.

Once upon a time, far, far away in the land of Drudgery, I used to bisque fire in the gas kiln. It has two small burners that allowed that risky practice but it meant checking the kiln frequently (usually every half hour) to make sure the temperature stayed around 200F. I was always turning the burners up or down, cracking the door wider or closing it tighter and finding that I would often overshoot my goal by heating or cooling too rapidly. One time I lost five pots.

Then along came a used Skutt kiln with an electronic kiln master and life has been bliss ever since. (At least on the bisque firing front.) I push a few buttons, check the kiln's progress a couple times and be sure to hang around when it is time for it to shut off. I love electricity and electronics!