[snugs]

I am feeling better reading your post because mine was moist and crisp so I must have got the fat and oven at the correct temperature but then I am used to doing Yorkshire Pudding and I would suspect the technique is similar.

Yorkshire Pudding as with cornbread (from reading the various recipes) you heat the fat up and then put the batter in and the fat comes over the top of it and starts cooking it before the pan even goes back into the oven.

[WVNan]

It sounds like you got the cornbread exactly right snugs. You must be a very good cook.