Aluminum Foil
 

When cooking what side faces out the shiny or dull side. This has always stumped me.

Thanks

Hi
 

It's shiney side in, If shiney side is out it reflects the heat off of whatever it is your cooking.

Ahah, we have gone over this Devo you put the shiney side on the inside and the dull side on the outside.

I watched a Food Network show about the making of aluminum foil a couple of months back and the host asked this exact question. The aluminum foil manufacturer said that it made no difference whatsoever which side you use :neutral:

I can't believe that guy. All my life its been shiny side in. Reflects the heat back in.

when I google it 50% of the respondents say shiny in while 50% say shiny out.. :noidea: I have personally never paid attention to which side is in or out when I use foil.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_the_shi..._wrap_for_heat

shiny-ness has nothing to do with heat conductivity. the maufacturer is perfectly right. it makes absolutely not a lick of a difference. you use aluminum foil not to reflect heat, but to keep in moisture, while conducting as much heat as possible.

it looks prettier with the shiny side out though.

unless your cooking with light, it doesnt matter

shiny side is just reflecting the light.

My question(s) is

1. How has this gotten more than 1 or 2 responses

2. Why am i making it 8 responses

feel free to discuss further

Devonious, when i make my secret UFO hat, i always put the shinny side out.
I find this stop the chatter much better then leaving the shinny side in.
One time i did shinny side in and i really thought more clearly.
But every time after that its been shinny side out.

Remeber when making a tinfoil hat to keep the aliens from reading your mind that if you make a spike on the top be sure if you are tall to make it under 6 foot 6 or it will get bent everytime you walk thru a doorway.