Steam Leaking from Combo Cooker
I have a combo cooker with the skillet/Dutch oven design and place my bread dough on the skillet covered with the Dutch oven while baking. It is not a Lodge brand, but a similar design.
I was curious whether this setup leaked steam. I proceeded to boil water in the skillet portion covered by the Dutch oven as if I were baking. The result was a great deal of leakage of steam from between the pot and skillet.
Although boiling water does not replicate baking bread, my concern is that I may not have an adequate seal and am losing precious humidity while baking - thus decreased oven spring.
Is it possible that I have a defective product? I tried the same experiment with a Le Creuset 5 qt. pot and lid assembly and it also leaked steam.
Would hate to make an false assumption and buy another Dutch over assembly!
Any advice would be appreciated.