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c/sourdough · by sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world · 1y

BEHOLD: The most ludicrous Christmas gift of all time

I mentioned the challenger bread pan to my mom in passing like 4 months ago, commenting on how it's far to expensive for what's, realistically, a one-trick pony.

Lo and behold, a heavy-ass package showed up and she told me to open it.

I'm very very excited to try it out

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11 Comments

Katt@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y

Now you can bake her the best bread ever. Thanks mom!

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Cast iron bread ovens are kind of awesome and can be used for more than just loaves.

https://www.kachen.lu/en/flammkuchen-style-pull-apart-bread-prepared-in-the-le-creuset-bread-oven/

https://www.lecreuset.com/triple-pepper-pizza/LCR-2632.html

https://www.lecreuset.com/cornbread/LCR-2724.html

https://www.lecreuset.com/blog/perfect-pull-apart-breads-for-sharing.html

https://youtu.be/-oIraY8cM10

sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

This is probably half the depth of the le creuset, but it's still a fair point

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I've been using just a dutch oven to bake my bread. It works well enough, but do these offer more awesomeness?

sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think they're a bit better for keeping in steam, since the "bowl" part is inverted

mint_tamas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

I’d imagine it’s better than a dutch oven in the last part of the baking, when you remove the top. In this, the air can freely flow around the bread. My dutch oven breads always have a thinner crust around the mid section of the dough and I attribute that to the lack of dry air flow.

ddd@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I also got one as a Christmas gift some years ago and it’s actually really good. I don’t have anything positive to say about the company or their prices but this upside down Dutch oven really can make a huge difference for oven spring.

sneekee_snek_17@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Is the company no bueno?

ddd@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y

I wouldn’t go that far, but they ripped off the person who gifted me the thing on exchange rate. We live in Europe and she ended up paying something like $100 more than regular price, before duty and VAT. Customer service just stopped responding to her, which I don’t like. If you’re in the US they’re probably nicer.

desGroles@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Looking forward to posts about what you can come up with using this!

Braindead@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y

Remember, lift from the knees, not the back