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[Marbella]

Just for giggles I once dropped a bare-wire pyrometer probe into the center of the bowl of my big Peterson 307 to see how hot it really is in there in the center of the burning ember. The answer: Smoking like you should, about 550 degrees F. Smoking like I do when I need a major 1792 head rush, peak temp around 750 degrees F! That's only on the frenzied, blast-furnace inhale, though, and drops back down to the 550-600 range in a few seconds. The outside of the (rusticated) bowl never exceeded the normal slightly warm to the touch realm during this experiment, or around a maximum of 110 degrees F or so.

from Alan an american pipe smoker