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Baking Equipment

Any questions or recommendations dealing with stand mixers, baking stones, or any other baking equipment.

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New bread pan caramelizes crust

February 4, 2023 - 9:22am -- pdavis68

I've been making whole wheat (75%) sourdough loaves for a few years and in the past I used 2 metal meatloaf tins, with one inverted on top of the other to keep the steam in, early in the cooking. Finally it got to where the bread was sticking all the time, so I bought a real bread pan, the ones with the sliding lids. Absolutely love it. Been making some of the best bread of my career with it.

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Ankarsrum/Electrolux assistant help!

January 16, 2023 - 9:37am -- Teivuu

I've owned the Ankarsrum mixer for about half a year now and I still haven't learnt how to use it.

Can anyone confirm if making this recipe in Ankarsrum is even possible? I have tried almost everything and it is practically a cinnamon roll recipe:

  • Water - 0.833kg
  • Fresh yeast - 0.1kg
  • Sugar - 0.291kg
  • Salt - 0.0125kg
  • Cardamom - 0.0125kg
  • Eggs - 0.167kg eggs
  • Bread flour - 2kg
  • Butter - 0.292kg

DDT 26-28C. Mix to full gluten development. 15min bulk fermentation.

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Help with Pico plus oven temperature

January 15, 2023 - 6:25pm -- Val

Hello, 

i just received a Pico plus oven. I made a few test this week end and it’s very different from the regular home oven I have been baking with those last years.

I bake batard . Not too bad, 

but baguettes were a fail. Worst I have baked for years. Any advice on how to set up temperatures for those ? 

b. 

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Hobart C100 Mixer - Graveyard Restoration

January 12, 2023 - 8:17pm -- ScotiMiller

Hi all. Picked up a Hobart C100. Hoping to keep it out of the scrap yard and get it back to working condition. I saw a few posts about the C100, but all the pictures are gone.

Take a look at the mixer in this video. "https://youtu.be/694Qyv_PikA

Long list of problems. So far, I have disassembled the planetary and transmission. I got it back working in all three speeds, so there is hope.

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Hobart N50 noise

January 8, 2023 - 11:12am -- jozsef.l.kiss

Hi All!

 

I've just finished the restoration of a Hobart N50. It was totally disassembled, repainted, had new grease, etc. The tumbler yoke was originally deformed and broken, it has been bent back and welded. 

After assembling it has this noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjBPjLZG-w 

Maybe it comes from the motor, however, without the mechanical part (the transmission), the motor is so quiet.

I tried everything but cannot solve the issue.

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Haussler Master Oven user community

January 3, 2023 - 4:13pm -- Dominique

Dear all,

I made the acquisition of a Haussler Master oven delivered in November.

I love to share my experience and tips and tricks with folks to help master the "beast" 

I moved from baking in my Thermador steam oven to the Haussler oven and it is definitively a learning curve .... 

I am not a professional but love to perfection my craft and contribute.

Happy to share my experience and learn from the community.

Happy Baking for 2023 !

Dom

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Favorite Bread Making Hardware?

December 29, 2022 - 1:07pm -- albacore

So what's your current favourite piece of breadmaking hardware? Homemade or bought, but kit that is a bit different, so no thermoms, scales, bread tins (unless very quirky), lames, bannetons, etc.

Here's two of mine (breaking the rule already):

Flour brush:

Actually a decorator's paper hanging brush with natural bristles, bought new at a car boot sale for 50p. Perfect for dusting off excess flour from dough when shaping and from loaves before they go in the oven.

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Electric Bread Oven for Home/Commercial Use?

December 27, 2022 - 12:23pm -- bkdoughboy

I'm looking for an electric oven capable of baking 4+ loaves. I'm always on the lookout for a Rofco going up for sale, and I've looked at some pizza ovens on Vevor (link here) but it's hard to tell if those would work for baking sourdough loaves.

 

Any recommendations on which electric bread oven to buy?

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Pizza Oven Recommendations?

November 25, 2022 - 1:35pm -- Yeast_Mode

Hello all!

My impression on portable wood fired pizza ovens is that the Ooni is the gold standard. I don't think I would use one enough to justify the price so I've been considering some less expensive options. Big Horn and Vevor both make pizza ovens for less than $200. Does anybody have any thoughts on these ovens? Anything I should consider before buying a pizza oven?

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