What an informative article! This will be a fun new direction for me in bread baking. The bread and potato pot you recommend is too pricey for me, but you said cast iron could work, too, so I looked around and am considering the more affordable Overmont 2 in 1 Dutch Oven with Skillet Lid. It seems to be marketed primarily as a campfire stove, but there's a slew of reviewers who rave about it for baking bread and other types of home cooking. While it's decidedly less sleek than the pot you mention, and it sounds a bit cumbersome to handle (maybe easy for campfire cowboys, but probably not so for me), but it's making a lot of bread bakers very happy. Users say it does just fine preheating while empty in a blazing-hot oven without cracking (thanks for that important piece of advice). I should add that I'm becoming a big King Arthur Baking fan, what with all the useful info and great recipes on your site. Thanks so much!

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