Brod and Taylor Bread Proofer

The Brød & Taylor folding rack accessory creates a second level in the proofer, ideal for proofing two sheet pans or four loaf pans. While the Brød & Taylor proofer comes with one rack, which sits on the floor of the proofer, this folding rack doubles the usable capacity of your proofer! Sheet pans should be 14¼” x 12” (36.2cm x 30.5cm) or smaller. Loaf pans should be about 3” tall, so that the maximum height of the risen bread is 4” (10cm). Rack measures 14⅜” x 12¼” (31.2cm x 36.5cm). The shelf is 4" above the bottom of the proofer.

Great bread begins with a great starter and when it comes to sourdough starter, temperature is everything! The complex mix of microbes that cause bread to rise (and give your bread a distinctive flavor and aroma) are extremely sensitive to their environment. The Sourdough Home provides an easy way to precisely control the behavior of your starter. With degree-by-degree control from 41-122°F (5-50°C) you can maintain a consistent temperature or vary it to control the growth rate, aroma, and flavor of your bread. You can switch the temperature display from Fahrenheit to Celsius.

The inside of the proofer measures 5-1/8" x 5.5" x 7.5" which allows a 1 quart jar or two smaller jars to fit inside. Two shelves are included for flexible storage of small items.

As acclaimed sourdough baker Maurizio Leo from the Perfect Loaf blog explains in the video above "It's important that a sourdough starter is maintained in a consistent way, but the challenge there is that the temperature in your kitchen, even from one side of the kitchen to the other, can vary quite drastically... one of the great things about the Sourdough Home is that it allows you to effortlessly dial in the temperature that you want to keep your sourdough starter at."

The Sourdough Home by Brod & Taylor offers a convenient, quiet, and compact way to maintain the temperature of your sourdough starter at the exact temperature you want to keep it at, whether that's a warm environment as you're preparing to bake with it, or a cool environment if you want to store it between bakes. The Sourdough Home both cools and heats, so you have total flexibility with how often you want to feed your starter, whether that's twice a day or once a week, or anywhere in between.

Sourdough starter is a living colony of yeast and good bacteria. Like any living thing it needs to eat—just flour and water. Feeding your starter the proper ingredients at the right time is the first step in creating great sourdough bread. Using the precise temperature control of the Sourdough Home, you can adjust starter feeding times to meet your schedule.

As starter ferments and grows, it creates CO₂ bubbles that cause the mixture to rise in its container. The ideal time to feed starter is when the rise has peaked—all of its food has been consumed—and before it begins to fall again. By using a constant seed ratio (quantity of flour and water) and controlling the temperature, you can control the feeding schedule to hours, days or even a week. Use the guidelines below to get started.

In a small town in Western Massachusetts, Brod & Taylor was founded on a passion for making wholesome food from scratch. Their products transform this often challenging process into a simple pleasure by blending innovative design with simplicity, affordability, and outstanding customer support.

These are the traditional baskets to hold dough during rising cycles (proofing). They're lightweight and easy handling, and their natural construction gives them a warm, attractive look. A removable liner is included with each basket.

The long basket measures 2-3/8" deep x 5-1/4" wide x 14-1/4" long.

The round basket measures 3-1/4" deep x 8-7/8" wide.

Made in Germany.

These natural cane proofing baskets (also known as bannetonsand brodforms) hold dough while it's rising, so the dough doesn't lose its shape before baking. The pattern of the rattan construction gives an attractive pattern to bread dough. To use, dust basket with rice flour, and place dough in basket, with seam side up. Let the dough rise, and then gently turn proofed dough onto peel and slide into hot oven. If dough tends to stick to the floured basket, you may want to use a basket liner, available here. 

See the size options in the table below and select a basket from the drop down selector above. 

Paderno proofing basket liners are designed to conveniently line rattan proofing baskets to prevent dough from sticking, eliminating the need to flour the basket, and leaving your dough with a smooth surface. Using a liner is especially helpful for very wet doughs that tend to stick to baskets.To use, dust the liner with rice flour before placing bread dough in it.The following sizes are available, and can be selected from the dropdown selector above.

Long:

Round:

Fabric is 95% cotton, 5% elastomer.

Available in sizes for oblong and round baskets. Reference the table below to see how our proofing baskets correspond to the liners on this page.

Scoring your baguettes, boules and other artisan breads with a lame (pronounced “LAHM”) helps encourage better rising while proofing. The Mure & Peyrot Adour lame is lightweight and features a curved blade.

The Mure & Peyrot 436.1 blade comes standard in the Adour lame, and replacements are available here. The more durable 536.1 blade is sold separately and can be used in the Adour as well. Blades are easy to change and are sharp on all four corners, which allows you to use a single blade four times as long before you need to replace the blade. A removable protection cover for the blade is included.

Scoring your baguettes, boules and other artisan breads with a lame (pronounced “LAHM”) helps encourage better rising while proofing. The Mure & Peyrot Boulange lame is lightweight and ergonomically designed for both right and left-handed users.

The Mure & Peyrot 436.1 blade comes standard in the Boulange lame, and replacements are available here. The more durable 536.1 blade is sold separately and can be used in the Boulange as well. Blades are easy to change and are sharp on all four corners, which allows you to use a single blade in four positions, before you need to replace the blade. A removable protection cover for the blade is included.

Cook's Illustrated recommends the Mure & Peyrot Buolange lame. They commented on the unique handle saying it was the most secure and comfortable of all the lames they tested.

These commercial quality mixing bowls from RSVP Endurance are sturdy and ready for mixing all sorts of ingredients. Heavy gauge stainless steel bowls with mirror finish exteriors, they're extra deep and flat bottomed.

The RSVP mixing bowls are available individually on this page, but if you'd like to purchase one of each size, our set of five RSVP mixing bowls is available here.

For more details please see the specs tab, above.

If you're looking for a thoughtful gift for the avid bread baker in your life (or an idea for your own wish list), this Bread Baker's Gift Bundle is sure to please! Curated by our expert baker, this package includes many of the essentials you need to make fresh bread from start to finish.

Start down the road to homemade sandwich bread well prepared. This Bread Baker's Gift Bundle includes NutriMill Vital Wheat Gluten, Grandma Eloise's Dough Enhancer, SAF Red Label Yeast, and RealSalt sea salt–four quality ingredients that are well-loved in our own kitchen and by our customers. We've also printed our favorite Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread recipe on a thick, glossy recipe card, to be used time and time again.

Dividing dough has come a long way since dental floss... the Divider/Scraper All Stainless makes it fast and easy to divide the whole batch of dough into individual loaf amounts. It also serves well to scrape the work surface clean of flour and dough.

Having a good loaf pan is an important, but sometimes overlooked detail. The Norpro Loaf Pan has a convenient 1/2" rim around its top edge to make handling the pan with bulky oven mitts easy. When greased, the highly polished stainless steel releases the loaf with ease.

When the CDN Pocket Thermometer reaches 200 degrees, you'll know that your bread is baked through and ready to remove from the oven. Since it's instant-read the bread won't cool down while waiting for the thermometer to reach temperature.

Once the bread is finished and ready to be enjoyed, it's great to have the Kuhn Rikon Colori Bread Knife on hand to cut the first slice, and the Butter Bell Raised White Floral filled with soft, spreadable butter! (Note: The bread knife that comes with this bundle is black, not red as shown in the group picture.)

Storing homemade bread is simple with the Large Bread Bags and they come in a pack of a hundred! Keep bread either on the counter, or in the fridge or freezer for longer storage.

This gift bundle is sure to impress and delight any home baker!

Gift wrapping not included.

Note: The dough enhancer in the photo is NutriMill brand, but it's been discontinued so we're including Grandma Eloise's brand dough enhancer in this bundle now.