I ruined my last oven by steam baking my bread. I would put a pan of water on the bottom rack and continue with the directions for baking. I ended up, after several months, having to replace a major electrical part in the oven, and was told at that time, that to steam bake, you really should have a special oven designed for this. I now use the cloches and find no need to use steam. Comments?

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