Brod & Taylor Folding Proofer & Slow Cooker

It's an excellent device, but this price on offer is nuts. I paid just over 200 euro for mine just a couple months ago. This is roughly three times that much.

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I love this folding proofer. Our house is typically cool, maybe too cool... and it was hard to keep my dough at an even temperature to proof. I used to put a towel under the bowl, then around the sides and over the top. No fun.. you couldn't peak at it!! This works perfectly, AND.... I made the most delicious bbq in it using it as a slow cooker. I use cast iron dutch ovens, and love that you can put it right in the proofer and make anything you normally would make in your dutch oven!! I lack counter space, so love that it folds up. It's sleek looking and I'm very impressed all round with this product. I would highly recommend. It was shipped very fast and packaged well. I ordered the second rack with it and have used that to proof 2 pans of buns. Awesome addition to my cooking tools.

I never thought that I would spend the funds to give my bread dough a place to rise. That changed when I over proofed a dough so bad that I tossed it into the garbage. That was when I used the old "put it in the oven with the light on" location. Our new home has a counter depth oven which is smaller than our old one. The light ran the temperature up to almost 90 degrees inside which was not what our old oven light would accomplish. Result: bread dough that blew up like a balloon and fell flat like a tortilla in a short time period. Enter Brod & Taylor Proofer. In a home that is 67 degrees in the winter, this tool allows me to proof breads at a consistent 78 degrees. Couple this with a dough aliquot tube set sold here on Amazon and my proofing is nailed down. Other reviews will tell you dimensions and hard facts, so I will give my impressions and discoveries. It folds down into a laptop size so plan a spot for it in advance. It sets up without any drama; if you can open up a kids pop up book, you can set this proofer up. The heating plate never feels much over barely warm to the touch when operating at 78 degrees and is totally silent in operation. It will hold a 10 x 14 inch focaccia pan and any pan or bowl smaller. The small water pan sits under the included rack and will keep your dough from drying out during proofing. I still use plastic wrap on my doughs but I am a Luddite. You have just at 8 inches of height under the lid when closed and a Risesecret Aliquot Jar will fit easily inside the proofer next to your dough bowl if you are wondering. I have never had to clean it since nothing has spilled inside it. The instruction book is full of helpful information on proofing and slow cooking if you desire to do that. This is an expense that a baker needs to decide if they need it or they don't. It will remove 1 variable in your bread baking; you can control the temperature that you proof dough which in turn controls your prep time. Add in an aliquot tube for dough rising percentage and you can add a lot more confidence in your bread results. My Mom baked hundreds of loaves without a proofer but she was a much better baker. I need all the help I can get so this proofer is wonderful.

Das Gerät ist maßlos überteuert, aber es tut prinzipiell, was es soll. Die Temperaturanzeige sollte man allerdings nur als Anhaltspunkt verstehen und je nach Anwendungsfall mit einem geeigneten Thermometer nachmessen. Ich benutze die Box zur Führung von Sauer- bzw. Brotteigen und messe die Temperatur im Teiginnern mit einem Bratenthermometer und die Lufttemperatur mit einem konventionellen, nicht elektronischen Raumthermometer. Nicht elektronisch, weil Raumthermometer für den Innenraum normalerweise nicht wasserdicht sind. Wenn man die Wasserschale füllt, um die Luftfeuchtigkeit in der Box zu erhöhen, sollte man sie nach Verwendung unbedingt offen vollständig trocknen lassen, da sonst insbesondere am Deckel Schimmel entstehen kann. Leider erwähnt die Gebrauchsanweisung nicht, ob man die Wand und den Deckel in die Spülmaschine tun kann. Ansonsten ist die Box im Handumdrehen aufgebaut und auch wieder zusammengeklappt. Sie hält die Temperatur ziemlich gut im eingestellten Bereich. Ich weiß nicht, ob ich noch einmal so ein teures Gerät kaufen würde, aber die Teigführung mit einer solchen Box ist überhaupt nicht vergleichbar mit den üblichen Methoden wie Backofenlampe oder Heizung. Mit der Box ist man tatsächlich in der Lage, Rezepte mit genauen Zeitangaben zu versehen, und erhält reproduzierbare Ergebnisse. Ich möchte nicht mehr ohne backen.

This is an excellent appliance. I used the Brod Taylor sourdough-house to make my sourdough starter initially and use this proofing oven, set to 23C, to proof my sourdough prior to making bread, pizza and naan bread. I have great starter so proofing only takes about 10 to 12 hours. The proofing oven make the wholes fermentation process fool proof and I use it frequently before baking bread and in between times to ferment kefir. Size is excellent, there's enough room for a large bowl (1kg bread) or three to four rectangular bread baking tins of dough.