Having decided that the Grease Pot Improved (GPI) concept is worth checking out, I’m going to do some tests and publish the results.

Things I want to check are:

1. Boil times with uninsulated/insulated pot lid
There probably won’t be a huge difference, and boil times are variable anyway.

2. Temperature after time with uninsulated/insulated pot lid
I will probably boil water, then let the pot cool for five minutes and check the temperature. This to determine whether the insulated lid alone is useful for keeping food warm.

3. Temperature after time with GPI cozy/over top cozy
My concern is that the GPI cozy leaves a gap at the top, which will hurt performance — but will it be enough to care about? an over-the-top cozy is slightly less convenient than the GPI and won’t give any boil time improvement but should be thermally optimal.

The key to conducting this test will be to order things so that all the tests with the uninsulated lid are done first. Then I can glue on the insulation and proceed to the other tests.

When? Maybe this weekend.