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How's it going? I hope all is well. I've just recently started a micro bakery and bought a Rofco B20 and would like to share my experience.  The Rofco B20 is a Belgium made deck oven consisting of three levels and able to fit 6 900gr loaves approximately.  As other users have stated here, the oven indeed need some experimentation, and getting used to, but it does wonders when you understand the language it speaks. The logic behind the oven is to heat the stones up at the desired temp for approx 1.5 hours, inject steam and put the loaves in.   Upon my initial test for temp control and regu...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Bar King, One of Portland’s Most Anticipated Restaurants of 2020, Is Calling It Quits After Less Than a Year Owners Shaun and Jamie King have permanently closed the restaurant, while the adjoining bakery will operate via takeout and delivery through Jan. 2. Photo by John Valls Updated December 15, 2020 Bar King arrived early this year on a wave of hype, then had the unfortunate distinction of opening and closing in less ...

. One hundred years ago, back in April 2020, I had 25 pounds of bread flour delivered to my apartment. It made me feel wealthy, though not in a dollar sense. It wasn’t very expensive. With the delivery fee, the flour came to about $40 — really not much more than what you’d pay for the same amount of flour in a supermarket. But I felt wealthy in a material way, like the merchants of olden times must have felt: I had a store of something useful, something precious. It was a huge satchel not only of sustenance but also of joy. Baking bread is a joy. To me, it feels like alchemy. Mix togeth...