On our race cars we just fire the engine up and then kill it as the headers just start to smoke. We cycle it that way 4 or 5 times allowing them to cool after each heating. That has worked really well for us.
I have used a couple of heat lamps and a foil tent to make a mini heat oven for some cast manifolds for a pulling tractor (it worked pretty well).
I was a mechanic for a VW dealer back 25 years ago. We would use a 100 watt light bulb in a shop light to make an oven in the bottom drawer of my tool box (white trash Easy Bake Oven). There is no telling how many meals we've made or reheated using that method
Just my 2 cents worth on a rainy cold Sunday. It worked for me.
Tony T