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Paul12644's picture
Paul12644

Baking Pan

I'm interested in baking round sandwich bread and I'm curious if there's any interest here in your purchasing one of these pans. If I buy this pan, I need to buy six at a time and of course I only need one. I would sell the other five for around $50.00 per pan + shipping cost. They normally sell for $135.00 and up for a pan without shipping cost. Let me know if you have any interest. These pans are new and unused.

Paul

 

clazar123's picture
clazar123

I use a large sized (5"diameter and about 12" tall) tin can. I have taken to perusing the commercial canned good aisle of out grocery store with bread loaf in mind.For Christmas one year, I needed a certain sized can for smaller gift loaves. I decanted 12 cans of water chestnuts and froze what I couldn't immediately used.Perfect size for the gift loaves and a lot cheaper than buying specialty pans. Just an idea.

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yy

I'm also willing to bet that you'll be able to find cheaper alternatives at the hardware store. Just do some research to figure out what is safe to use. 

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hanseata

I use cake pans or springform pans for round loaves, that I don't bake free standing. They work just fine.

Karin

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Paul12644

Thanks for your suggestions.

Paul

 

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dsadowsk

I recently bought at JC Penney a 2-3/4 quart round enamel-coated cast-iron pot, on sale for $35 (normally $70).  It's only 9 inches across, and is therefore good for high hydration doughs where the dough would spread out too far in a wider pot.

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clazar123

In my head, you meant a cylindrical shaped loaf but you could mean a round,flat loaf,also.

Please clarify the shape you had in mind or a link to a picture of the pan you are looking at.

 

Thanks!

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Paul12644

To see the product, just google Chicago Metallic 48514.

Paul

 

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tabasco

Paul, 

I am interested in that pan also (and there are several other threads on Fresh Loaf discussing it, BTW) and I have found a similar one for $36-$37 each online.  I am not sure if they are exactly the same material, but very similar at a lesser cost.  Here is a link to one source, but there are several others if you want to google:

http://www.webstaurantstore.com/4-loaf-crimped-round-bread-pan-set-1-lb/327908514.html?utm_source=PriceGrabber&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=PriceGrabbe...

I am very nostalgic about this particular bread shape--when we were growing in Dayton, Ohio,  our local bakery made a very yummy cinnamon cream loaf in that very shape and I have never forgotten it!  I don't think they make it any more though.

Good luck.  J.

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MNBäcker

Tabasco,

 

the pans you linked to need to be bought in quantities of 6 at a minimum... While it looks to be a little cheaper than what Paul had mentioned (my guess is he's looking at the same item, maybe from a different source, the problem of having 5 extra sets still persists...:)

 

Stephan

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Paul12644

True enough Stephan. Here is a picture of an alternative version from King Arthur Flour that was made in the mid 1990's and is no longer available. It was made for them by Ekco and is a 2 loaf crimped round bread loaf pan. I would love to find one of these.

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tabasco

I guess I got so excited I read only the 'medium sized' print that said if you bought one it was $37. not $36, and not the finest print down below that said you had to by four or six of them in any case, or whatever.

I have been watching e-bay for one at a cheap price for a couple of years but always get outbid.  I did see the King Arthur version sold on e-bay this month for $172. which is a lot, but then you do get the nice wooden box too! I have 'crimped pan' saved on my e-bay search alert so whenever one comes up I get an e-mail.

I wonder if there is a place here on Fresh Loaf to sell stuff.  If there is it might be worthwhile to check it out.  With all the threads on this style of pan I feel like there would be a market for them if sold at a reasonable price, etc. etc.

Good luck! 

 

 

 

 

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flourgirl51

Paul- I just sent you a message about the pans.

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seuzy58

Hi,

 

I am in the UK but would be interested in one of those pans you refer to if you could advise on cheapest and safest postal mode to me?