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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    Such a great thread! Love seeing all this awesome bread. 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    The versatility of CI makes it ideal in so many situations.  Not the prettiest of loaves but, I'd eat that on the trail .
    https://youtu.be/4ksyivTxZzw

    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    This morning’s bake. Making good sourdough for me is a long incremental journey of improvement. The good news is you get to eat the results of each attempt. 

    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    It looks like you have that bake locked in.  Nicely done.
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @SciAggie Baked in WFO, egg or home oven?  CI DO or on stone with a bowl?  
    Nice spring, blisters and ear :plus_one:
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    @SciAggie Baked in WFO, egg or home oven?  CI DO or on stone with a bowl?  
    Nice spring, blisters and ear :plus_one:
    This was in the home oven. I used a pizza stone and ceramic cloche. I was working outside on the kitchen while this bread was bulk proofing. I’d go in and give it a turn every hour or so. The house was cool at about 65 degrees. I was busy and let it go longer than I usually do -but it did fine. Total bulk ferment was about seven hours. I was happy with the bloom and oven spring. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    edited March 2018
    @NPHuskerFL I was up early this morning and the oven was still about 480 degrees after last night. I decided to bake the loaf I had in the refrigerator. I inverted a SS mixing bowl over the loaf for the first 20 minutes. This is the best loaf I have pulled from the WFO so far. The loaf is just a straight sourdough with KA BF. 

    I don’t have a crumb shot, but it is nice. Open but not so much that everything leaks through. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,113
    SciAggie said:
    @NPHuskerFL I was up early this morning and the oven was still about 480 degrees after last night. I decided to bake the loaf I had in the refrigerator. I inverted a SS mixing bowl over the loaf for the first 20 minutes. This is the best loaf I have pulled from the WFO so far. The loaf is just a straight sourdough with KA BF. 

    I don’t have a crumb shot, but it is nice. Open but not so much that everything leaks through. 
    Fvck!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • EggDan
    EggDan Posts: 174
    Starting to hone in a little bit more. The Bread is coming out more consistent! 
  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,113
    EggDan said:
    Starting to hone in a little bit more. The Bread is coming out more consistent! 
    Very Very Nice !!!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,871
    20stone said:
    Not quite so dark, but we have softer crust fans around here. Very happy with the rise and the crumb. 


    I hear ya. Pops likes a softer, lighter crust. I like a darker crust. Hard to find the middle path. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @caliking That's where making two loaves pays in dividends. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    @caliking That's where making two loaves pays in dividends. 
    As a bonus, if you use 1kg of flour, the hydration math is a breeze. 
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    20stone said:
    @caliking That's where making two loaves pays in dividends. 
    As a bonus, if you use 1kg of flour, the hydration math is a breeze. 
    Are you annoyed now when a bread recipe is posted using cups? Drives me nuts. Metric and the baker’s % ruins you forever. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    SciAggie said:
    20stone said:
    @caliking That's where making two loaves pays in dividends. 
    As a bonus, if you use 1kg of flour, the hydration math is a breeze. 
    Are you annoyed now when a bread recipe is posted using cups? Drives me nuts. Metric and the baker’s % ruins you forever. 
    Pretty much.



    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    This loaf made me happy. @lkapigian This is the recipe I gave you. As you get to know your starter and your shaping skills improve, your bread will get better and better. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,113
    Nice Ear @SciAggie , and that recipe is Bombdiggity !!!
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    First go at sourdough. This is from @20stone starter, aka Rob the Blob. 





    Nice crust, OK chew, but needed more salt. Looking forward to baking more of these. 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    Great boule!  Well done, sir. 
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,871
    Far better than my first loaf (or few ), sir. 

    Now its its time to break out the butter !!

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    Nice :plus_one:  There's no going back now @blind99
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    We’ve been testing it with butter and Nutella. Hard to beat fresh toasted bread and Nutella. 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
     Bravo! Make some French toast with it. It will change your life. 
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    20stone said:
    @caliking That's where making two loaves pays in dividends. 
    As a bonus, if you use 1kg of flour, the hydration math is a breeze. 

    so do you folks have a basic rule of thumb recipe that gets you in the ballpark?  there's a long-running thread on the fresh loaf about the 123 ratio for starter : water : flour - is that reasonable?  also, how much weight of dough do you use for an average sized loaf? 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,871
    This may not belong here, since commercial yeast was used, but I figured that fellow breadheads may appreciate the effort.

    Yesterday afternoon, 4yo caliprince got it into his head that he wanted to make a "dough-nut" i.e. bread. Because that's what Pops spends a fair bit of time making.

    So he pestered me into making some dough,  which was a random mix of WW flour, water, and a sprinkling of yeast. No planning as such, since 4yo's have the attention span of a gnat (at least mine does).

    He helped mix the dough, and sort of grasped the concept of letting it rise,  before shaping it and popping it in the oven. 

    He was thrilled to bits when he saw it come out of the oven :)



    No sliced pic, because he won’t let me cut it. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    blind99 said:
    so do you folks have a basic rule of thumb recipe that gets you in the ballpark?  there's a long-running thread on the fresh loaf about the 123 ratio for starter : water : flour - is that reasonable?  also, how much weight of dough do you use for an average sized loaf? 
    Two big concepts (and one small one):
    • Dough timing is a function of how much yeast (in the form of starter or levain), how frisky your yeast is (package yeast rises faster), how warm it is.  You can play with any (or all) of those variables to alter timeline
    • Bakers percentage - By weight, most recipes are written as a % of total flour weight.  That makes scaling easy, and you can alter the amount of levain you use (to hurry up/slow down your dough), and know that you can alter the remaining ingredients to get to the same all in hydration for the full recipe
    • Use a scale
    To more specifically answer your question, when I make bread, I usually:
    • Make 300g of levain (using 100g of starter, 100g of H2O and 100g of an AP/WW mix).  Conveniently, the 100g of starter is about the amount I would otherwise discard when I feed AndGoo
    • All in recipe of 1,000g of flour, 750-800g of H20 (75-80% hydration) and 22g of salt (that means I add 850g of flour and 600-650g of H20 to the levain)
    • With that recipe, I make two loaves (either boules or large loaf pans)
    That being said, @SciAggie makes prettier bread than me, so I would follow his advice before mine.
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @blind99 Most of my loaves are 1K
    Basic recipe will vary given desired hydration ratio. But, an easy recipe using 1,2,3 method
    150g starter
    300g cool water
    450g KABF
    8g Salt 
    This will give you roughly 67%-71% hydration

    Personally I prefer a higher hydration.  Using the 1,2,3 is virtually dummy proof.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    caliking said:
    This may not belong here, since commercial yeast was used, but I figured that fellow breadheads may appreciate the effort.
    We will allow it, but only because we like your kid, and getting a youngun like that to get his hands in is awesome
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX