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I tried Doc's recipe and stuck a thermometer in it on the way out of the oven. The internal temperature was about 165 f, which isn't nearly hot enough to effect the temper.

Also, be sure you use...

Now that's just rude!! You post a whole different cornbread technique, and don't post a batter recipe to go with it? Shame on you.

I think I've still got an old CRC handbook at home. I'll look up the boiling and combustion temps of dextrose if you want. The problem is that the boiling and combustion temps for dextrose may not...

Just a thought, it may be that being heated by being inside of something hot heats the blade more evenly. I know that for certain types of tempering, they will coat the steel in clay or other...