Sourdough baguette

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Using Emile Henry bakers

I have a small collection of Emile Henry covered bakers (the baguette baker and the artisan loaf baker). As I understand it, the main purpose of covering the baking bread is to increase the local humidity to ensure a better crust. Has anyone used these in the APO with the cover on? I have been taking the cover off to allow the oven to do its work, but wondered if there were other experiences out there.

Oven steam function inconsistent or not working

Here is an email I sent to support. Wondering if I am the only one… I recently received my oven which I purchased about a month back. We bought this oven for making breads and the steam function is very important. It doesn’t seem to be working right. A lot of steam comes out the front from the orifice below the water tank. But doesn’t seem to be making it into the oven at a consistent and controlled manner. The breads we are making are behaving as though there is no steam environment. We…