My oven died in the middle of a 50-loaf bake last Saturday

I was three hours into a weekend bake for a farmers market when the oven just clicked off and wouldn't come back on. Temperature dropped from 425 to 200 in about ten minutes. I had to load all the dough into my car and drive to a friend's bakery across town to finish baking. She let me use her deck oven for free, but I lost two batches to overproofing. Ended up with 38 loaves instead of 50 and had to refund a few people. Has anyone else had to scramble like that with a big batch of dough?

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henderson.oscar1mo ago

You should have planned better. Backup equipment is basic pro prep.

sean7821mo ago

Did you ever have that gig where you showed up with a spare cable and it was the totally wrong kind? I once brought a backup mic that used a different connector than the venue's board, so it was useless. Sometimes even planning ahead doesn't cover every weird curveball, right?

williamb2924d ago

Whoa, what about gear that just fails on you though @henderson.oscar?