[Stoves] Bread Question

[Dean Still]

Dear Harmon,

An un-insulated retained heat bread oven is inefficient in two important
ways. Wood is usually burnt inside the oven causing large amounts of
pollution. Both heat and smoke go out the door. The heat that is retained in
the mass travels through the mud fairly quickly because there is usually no
insulation on the outside. 

Both problems can be addressed but the common beehive oven is both very
wasteful of fuel and has poor combustion.

Best,

Dean

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[mailto:stoves-bounces at listserv.repp.org] On Behalf Of Harmon Seaver
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 4:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [Stoves] Bread Question

     Have you given thought to building an earth-oven instead? Much
more efficient for baking, and the materials are litterally
dirt-cheap. I'd think trying to bake bread in a tin-can stove would
waste a tremendous amount of fuel, compared to an earth-oven.
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Articles/Earth%20Oven.html
http://www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2002_October_November/Build_Your_Own_Wood
_Fired_Earth_Oven

    And it can even be as simple as digging a pit:
http://www.shumla.org/discover/earthovencooking.htm

On 5/8/06, Lanny Henson <lanny at roman.net> wrote:
>
> I want to test my charcoal fired barbecue cooker to see how well it cooks
> bread. If it works as well as I hope then it may be worth the effort to
> morph it into low cost UMC (used metal container) design.
>
> I need a bread recipe that has an easy to make dough to test my cooker. I
> want to cook large quantities 50 to 1000lb with out the use of an electric
> mixer and with minimum other resources.
> I would like to avoid baking pans if possible by cooking loaves directly
on
> a rack but if making a batter from flower is more practical than making a
> dough then I could use pans.
> What easy to make bread can I cook to test my cooker?
> Also I have another  question. Soy protein is made more useable with salt
> water to make tofu, Lime is also mixed with maze/corn, is there anything
> done with wheat flower to improve its nutrition? Leavening?
> Thanks, Lanny Henson
>
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Harmon Seaver