Gordon Rader – Chef, Collegiate Lead Culinary Instructor

Well, everything went great with the proofer. I used Cyril’s recipe, which makes 3 baguettes or rustic loaves, and I started yesterday with the poolish. As you can see from the images I made three cardboard templates for the three loaves which fit perfectly in the proofer. Do use hot water in the pan as it will cut the pre-heat time by a third, and don’t leave the lid off for too long as the heat loss will add extra time to the wait. This works quite well and I will be using it often. My kitchen was a little on the cool side this morning but didn’t seem to affect the proofer system. Quite nice.

Couldn’t find anything amiss and this is exactly what I was looking for when I began my search for this type of product—sleek and elegant as well as utilitarian for the kitchen. GREAT WORK! THANKS!!!