The Fresh Loaf

A Community of Amateur Bakers and Artisan Bread Enthusiasts.

Combo Cooker Costco

Riley's picture
Riley

Combo Cooker Costco

Just an FYI for anyone looking for a Lodge combo cooker.  Our Costco store started stocking them this week.  The price is 29.99.  I paid 39.99 on Amazon for my first one.  I purchased a second  so I can try preheating them and baking two loaves at once.  My oven is quite large and summers are hot here.  Hope it works.   

tranewreck's picture
tranewreck

The Combo Cooker featured at my local Costco was the smaller -3.2 quart version,  not the roomy 6 quart.

Riley's picture
Riley

I thought the 3.2 was the recommended one.  I use mine all the time for my two loaf recipes.  6 qt would be huge.  What are others using?  

David R's picture
David R

I'm not sure that one is better than the other - it depends on how much you put into it I guess. ?

You don't want the sides or the top to be so close that they're touching the bread, but I think you'll get better performance if you can bake with a fairly full pot. There are several ways to accomplish that - whatever works, right?

Benito's picture
Benito

The dutch oven I use to bake bread in is about 6 quart so I'd say the larger combo cooker around 6 quarts would be what you'd want.