[happymachinist]

I have been looking into Cerakote as well seeings as how I powder coat as a hobby already.

Like said above its all in the prep.

Any electric oven will work but have been advised by people in the know not to use the oven you cook with.

Also make sure your oven is calibrated. Just because the knob says 250 don't assume your temperature is.

Stick a block of steel in for an hour or so at your target temp and temp gun it. You can also use a barbecue thermometer or cheap oven thermometer. Not sure how much I trust the latter but I use them from time to time.

My preferred method is the steel block and temp gun method since it is similar to the process you will be using to coat your parts.