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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Air is a relatively poor medium for transferring heat. Direct contact with metal, or submerging in water or something would be much quicker. That is what will burn in the short term, high heat over a short time.

Since air doesn’t transfer heat to our face very quickly, it doesn’t burn us much. Given enough time it certainly would, but a few moments will just be uncomfortable.

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