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I don't make pies :) Well, haven't tried to yet.

But when I make a chocolate cake I put it in the garage on a marble tile. Makes it cool off really fast :)

No, dont have any window ledges as such. I just sit food to col on a rack on the bench.

Nope.

Sounds corny maybe,but yes I have and also have put pots of soup,and brines on the fire escape (in winter) to speed their cool down before putting them in the fridge.Works like a charm.

Not with a cat and a dog in the house with me.

nope. Never had a window ledge wide enough

No. Yogi & Booboo would steal it.

Only once.

No. Birds fly past! Too risky!

No but I am sure my mother and grandmother did back in the day.