Why is it when someone opens the door to a 500c (932f) degree oven, the rush of hot air doesn’t burn them?

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It just kind of feels warm

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Unless the oven is airtight, the hot air doesn’t “rush” out of it when it’s opened, because the pressure inside and out is the same. The heat you experience is from slight mixing of the air, plus infrared radiation from the hot surfaces. At no point are you blasted with 500°C air (which would definitely hurt you).

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