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Spent $220 on a proofing box, my bread still fell flat but my ego took the hit
Tbh I thought a fancy proofing box would fix my dense loaves, so I grabbed one from a local supply shop in Portland last month. Set it to 78 degrees like the manual said, waited 4 hours, and the dough looked perfect but baked up like a brick. Turns out my yeast was dead, not the temp, and I only checked it after the second failed batch. Has anyone else dropped cash on gear before realizing the problem was something dumb and basic? I'm back to using a warm oven with a mug of water, and honestly my wallet wishes I did that first.
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fiona9851mo ago
My brother spent 300 bucks on a fancy digital meat thermometer set with like six probes and a Bluetooth app so he could track his brisket from the couch. The app kept crashing and the probes read 10 degrees off, so he went back to his old analog one that costs 12 dollars at the hardware store. But here's the thing, he never checked if his smoker was actually holding temp, the whole damn thing was leaking smoke like a sieve. I told him that and he got all defensive, said the thermometer was the problem, not his 15 year old rust bucket. He finally borrowed a cheap oven thermometer from our mom and lo and behold, the smoker was running 50 degrees cold the whole time. So yeah, we both wasted money on gear when the real issue was just basic stuff we ignored because it was boring. Now he just uses the cheap thermometer and a bucket of water to test for leaks with the smoke, works fine.
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