Red Green wrote:

Heat test on "engineered" laminate flooring.

1. I took a metal pot and got some water vigorously boiling therein.
I set the pot on a 6x6-inch scrap of the target laminate and let it
cool. No visible change to the laminate.
2. Hmmm. I get a cast-iron skillet, put a layer of vegetable oil in
it and heated it up until the oil started to smoke. Turned off the
gas and let the thing sit for one minute. Then put the skillet on the
scrap. Again, no visible change to the laminate.
3. Okay, then. Next I get a pair of tongs and hold the laminate, good
side down, in the friggin' gas flame! At about ten seconds, the
laminate starts to char.

I conclude that, even if there's a trivet deficiency - and a
distracted cook - in the kitchen, I should probably be okay.



I think you should try a whole box over a BBQ. Not that it has
anything to do with your application. It'd just be cool.

I'm sure the result would be at least as tasty as my typical attempts at
BBQing.