Thermobaker

I am not sure I am willing to pluck down over $100 for a thermobaker, but I would like to use the t-well for baking. If you have improvised without one, could you please provide more details?

I second that request. I thought I read on this forum that some people put a stainless steel bowl upside down in the well and then place the pan on top of that and bake. I tried some biscuits in there tonight and burned the bottoms. They were a lovely brown on top, though. I thought my cookbook said to keep the flame on until they start to cook and then turn off the heat and the retained heat should finish cooking them. Absolute charcoal on the bottom!
Back to experimenting, I guess.
Linda

I used the inverted stainless bowl with a plate or baking pan on top and had good results. It is really easy to scorch the bottoms....you need to adjust the heat from the beginning. A full flame is way too much try about two thirds flame and you should be better.

Thanks. I will give that a try tomorrow.
Linda

Hi folks:

I've got a thermobaker and have a thought on the scorching without a TB. Your inverted stainless steel bowl may be trapping too much of the heat from below and "focusing" it at the top of the bowl, and thus on the bottom of the busquit pan.

The TB is concave, like an upright bowl , which may be intended to have the heat from below be mostly deflected and channeled up the side of the thermowell. Try to set the stainless steel bowl to mimic the position of the TB "bowl": right side up, instead of upside down, and see what happens.

Joe

Oh, and I also agree that the thermowell flames must be observed and kept to about 3/8", as the instructions say. My flames at full throttle are much taller than 3/8": probably 1".

Joe

Adjusting the thermowell flame?. Are you supposed to do this by looking at the hole in the grate? I guess that is where the mica strip pays off, but I don't even see where that is on the well inside of my service cabinet. But so far, I just use the thermobaker and am doing ok...V

Can someone please tell me what a thermobaker looks like? I just got my stove and it came with some parts for the well but I don't know if I have a Thermobaker or not. I hope so. If I don't, can you buy these?? I have a Chambers B.

One came w/ my stove. I also snagged a triple pot for free with a junker parts stove I rescued. :-)

Nope! I did not get anything that looks like that. Thanks for the picture. It really helps to visualize what everyone is talking about. And thanks for the source to find one. This is like treasure hunting. I love it!!