Steel for a Hotter Bottom
All home ovens are different. For ovens that run hot on the top, we offer the Fourneau Grande with a baking steel base. The steel base transmits heat faster and with more intensity than cordierite, to balance the "ceiling" and "deck" heat within the baking chamber. If you are accustomed to baking in an all cast-iron cloche or dutch oven, and bottom burning is never an issue, this Grande variant should work well in your oven. Note, the steel base does not include a steam-well feature like the cordierite base.
Elevate Your Baking
The Fourneau Bread Oven is designed to bake safer, faster, and better than dutch ovens and top-loading bakeware. Lift fewer hot, heavy parts with the Fourneau front-loading design. Bake twice as much in the same amount of time with the Fourneau tray system.
Artisan Quality Bread at Home
Heat and Steam are the essential elements needed to make an airy crumb and a shiny, crisp crust. The Fourneau Grande creates the perfect baking environment through the use of materials, precise fitting parts, and an easy to use design.
The Fourneau Tray Updated
From flipping dough out of the forming basket to getting it into the oven, the Fourneau bread oven tray system represents a leap forward in control and convenience. The Fourneau tray makes it easy to handle dough delicately and reduces the need to manipulate hot parts.
Front Loading Ease and Efficiency
The Fourneau Grande stays in the oven through the entire baking session. That means less handling of hot gear. It also means that you can cycle loaves through the oven faster with two stage baking: spring each loaf in the Grande and finish them in the open oven; while one loaf is finishing the Grande is ready to start another!
Shape Versatility
The Fourneau Grande will fit everything from big 1kg batards to demi-baguettes. This kit's steel base can be flipped over for use as a flat pizza steel.
The iron cloche, hatch, and steel are coated with a polymerized oil-seasoning. The coating requires regular seasoning maintenance, similar to cast iron cookware. The oil seasoning coating can be repaired and renewed endlessly, yielding a truly long-lasting product.
Getting Started
Take a look at these videos in our blog to learn about Grande unboxing, baking, plus maintenance and care.
NOTE: Fourneau Grande cast iron parts are finished with oil-seasoning. You will need to care for your iron and steel parts in the same way you care for you cast iron pans, by applying oil and refreshing the seasoning. Rust formation is avoidable and correctable. We do not offer returns or exchanges due to rust. We do offer part refinishing as a service. Reach out to hello@fourneauoven.com if you are interested.