le Creuset

SauRoNZA said:
One of the best purchases I ever made.

**** off expensive at full price but does the job so well.

And if you didn’t own anything else you can technically use the bottom as a regular grilling pan like I have in fact done and even cook your steak in there.
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Worth it at this price?

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W@P said:
Worth it at this price?

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Yeah there’s a pretty solid price. By and large I don’t buy anything from them unless it’s at least 30% off and then usually with eBucks.

You are still never making your money back but if you enjoy baking your own bread and rolls and things it’s a solid vanity project.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Yeah there’s a pretty solid price. By and large I don’t buy anything from them unless it’s at least 30% off and then usually with eBucks.

You are still never making your money back but if you enjoy baking your own bread and rolls and things it’s a solid vanity project.
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Hmm ok, I got it in my cart.


Any reason not to buy it?
I mainly just bake bread using a Kenwood Chef XL mixer and loaf tins. Maybe this will expand my bread-baking skills a bit ?
 
W@P said:
Hmm ok, I got it in my cart.


Any reason not to buy it?
I mainly just bake bread using a Kenwood Chef XL mixer and loaf tins. Maybe this will expand my bread-baking skills a bit ?
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What's the advantage of this over a large casserole for baking bread? It seems pretty specialised as compared to the versatility of a casserole.

And whats the Kenwood Chef XL like? I'm in the market for a new mixer.
 
bwana said:
What's the advantage of this over a large casserole for baking bread? It seems pretty specialised as compared to the versatility of a casserole.

And whats the Kenwood Chef XL like? I'm in the market for a new mixer.
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Being inverted is the main trick so it’s much easier to work with, since you mostly want to pre-heat them especially when doing sourdough.

Now you don’t need to do a dodgy drop into a deep casserole and hope for the best.
 
W@P said:
Hmm ok, I got it in my cart.


Any reason not to buy it?
I mainly just bake bread using a Kenwood Chef XL mixer and loaf tins. Maybe this will expand my bread-baking skills a bit ?
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Yeah this is more geared for making rolls or sourdough, so you’ll definitely expand on your baking vocabulary.

It’s ideally designed for generating steam by being enclosed and therefore getting a much taller oven spring.

I mostly do everything bread between my KitchenAid and this.

Occasionally I’ll make a banana bread in Le Creuset stoneware loaf “tin”.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Now you don’t need to do a dodgy drop into a deep casserole and hope for the best.
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Granted I don't bake a lot of bread since lockdown ended, but I've always just lowered it into the dutch oven/casserole using parchment paper.
 
bwana said:
What's the advantage of this over a large casserole for baking bread? It seems pretty specialised as compared to the versatility of a casserole.

And whats the Kenwood Chef XL like? I'm in the market for a new mixer.
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The Kenwood is sweet. I have no other reference. After my mother passed away, I took it and started using it.
Seems solid enough.
 
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