Fourneau Grande Cloche (no stone)

  Interested in the Fourneau baking system, but already have a baking stone or steel? Here is an option to consider. We're offering the Fourneau Grande cloche without the cordierite baking stone that is designed to accompany it. If your baking stone or steel is at least 11.5" wide and 15" deep, you will be able to pop your Grande cloche on top and use it to trap steam and heat for a delicious oven spring. The Grande is precision-machined at the front and bottom openings to create the best baking environment for your bread. We now machine each cloche in our Michigan factory for ultimate precision, ensuring that the cloche will sit tightly on any flat stone or steel. We recommend baking stones for use in home ovens that run hotter at the bottom. If you've baked with cast iron in the past and experienced bottom-burn on your loaves, the oven is likely running hot on the bottom. We recommend steel as a deck material for use in ovens that run hotter on top. If the top of your loaf is "cement