[TheForge] blacksmith bread OT

[Wes Marquart]

Another thing that can be used is one of those 1' square marble tiles from
places like Menards.  

They also work great!  We use a couple of those in our oven and turn out
probably 20+ loaves a month of bread using my homemade Sourdough starter.

I wouldn't recommend going to Home Depot because of the 'support illegal Day
Worker' policies though.

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Daniel Kretchmar
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:20 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] blacksmith bread OT

Another purpose of the stone is to have something that stores heat.  As the 
stone heats up, it stores more heat than a metal pan.  When I am baking, the

top is often brown before the inside is cooked.  I can turn off the oven, 
but leave the bread on the stone (in my case, a thick (3/4 inch) ceramic 
bowl.  The hot stone will continue to cook from below without cooking the 
top of the bread.

Danr
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] blacksmith bread OT


> The idea of a baker's stone is two-fold- to provide a smooth surface,
> and to provide one that radiates heat specificly to the bottom of the
> loaf.
>
> Keeping that in mind, I'd want a piece of polished stainless at least
> 1/4" thinck, and probably 3/8". Thicker would work to, but now you're
> getting to the point where you oven racks may not be able to bear the
> weight.
>
> Personally, rather than do that, I'd build a tandoori oven.
>
> On 1/19/07, schade at acegroup.cc <schade at acegroup.cc> wrote:
>>
>> Would a piece of sheet or plate steel heated in the oven serve the same
>> purpose as a bakers stone?
>>
>> How thick? 1/4"?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Bob
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