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That method worked pretty well with a board that had top and bottom copper pour and quite a lot thermal vias.

I have ceran hot plates, which essentially are strong IR heaters, so I just placed the board over it with some distance and played with the dial to simulate the temperature profile for SMD reflow. In the end I just set it to max and turned it off after all parts were done.

I was terribly afraid of frying the bottom of the board, but it survived unscathed. The ground-plane conducted the heat nicely.