November 26, 2007 - 7:31am
Better heat transfer
I am having problems with even heat in my oven. The loaves baked on the top rack pop up just fine, but the loaves on the lower rack tend to spread out a bit rather than springing upward. The difference is easily noticeable. I use stones, but I'm thinking that's not enough. I've been looking at the HearthKit, and Fibrament stones, and also at someone's homemade HearthKit (tiles lining the oven walls in addition to baking stones). I've also thought about convection, but to get even heat, I'm thinking I'd have to turn on the convection at the beginning of the bake, thus minimizing oven spring. Does anyone have a method that works better for them? Has anybody compared the Fibrament and the HearthKit?
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