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I've found this to work very well https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QDPTRQG/

How were you able to get the coating so even? @Chris Hennes I've tried the preztel recipe a few times and mine never look as dark or as even as the book. Do I need to make a stronger lye solution than the book specifies?

Do y'all think this is worth getting if I already have a CSO?

Where have y'all been able to buy this? Modernist Pantry seems to no longer carry this, and I'm somewhat wary of buying it off of amazon as a dietary supplement.

Was that from the anova app?

Where did you buy yours from?

@CanadianHomeChef For what it's worth, in modernist cuisine, they stated that the temperatures inside the rational combi ovens weren't very accurate below ~140 F. So I'm not sure how accurate this oven would be compared to the rational ones.

Do y'all think this might be a good replacement for CSO?

RIP I never heard back from breville after applying for the program.

It looks like it's out of stock now. https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/commercial/cmc850.html I went ahead and applied for the program.

Dang it's making me wonder whether I should pick up another one in case they discontinue it soon

I've been using the Cerama Bryte Cleaning Kit based on recommendations on this thread

Hello, I was looking to make the french lean bread with the raspberry fluid gel. The recipe that they have uses gellan gum, but they don't specify if it's high acyl or low acyl. Does anyone know which one to use? Or would it not matter in this case? Based on this link, it looks like I want low-acyl ? https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/fresh-orange-fluid-gel

Are they still offering a discount for people that had chefsteps premium previously? Dang, this is a little tempting, but I already have a control freak and getting another one would mean replacing the mirage pro that I have.

Similarly William Sonoma is also having their sale as well https://www.williams-sonoma.com/

It's on sale for $500 on Amazon. I think I may pick one up now

Ok you all have convinced me. I just ordered my CSO.

I was thinking of using it to do veggies if I'm cooking a protein; but looking through the threads it looks like most people here use these ovens instead of their main one. I primarily use my main oven for baked goods (like bread, cakes, cookies, etc...) and roasts. Is that enough information? From what I'm seeing a lot of people use the CSO to do toast(?). Is that one of the primary things that the CSO does better the BSO? I'm seeing the main benefits of the BSO as able to fit a quarter sheet pan, and possibly the dehydrating and proofing feature.

Wanted to get your thoughts. I'm getting on getting a supplementary oven. I'm deciding between the CSO or the Breville Smart Oven Air. It looks like they're both on sale right now. The CSO being $159 and the BSO Air being ~$320 after some coupon stacking? if you had to choose between the two, which would you get?

Looks like the Smart Oven Air is on sale for $399 at BBB I was able to stack the 20% coupon online. It comes out to be $320 after stacking the coupon. Is that a good price for it?

You all are referring to this model when you say BSOA right (https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ovens/bov900.html)? Not this model (https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ovens/bov860.html)?

Funny enough I'm considering which of the two to get. I frequently run into situations where I want to roast something else while I have a protein in the oven.

@ElsieD Is that something that would potentially damage the surface?

It looks like everyone has been using the Smart Oven Pro. If I don't care about air frying, is there any reason to get the smart oven air fryer vs the pro model? https://www.breville.com/us/en/products/ovens.html

I wanted to post an update. Earlier this year, I had some issues with the control freak constantly tripping my circuit. I moved to a new place and I'm happy to report I haven't had any issues with any of my induction hobs tripping the circuit. I have another thing I wanted to ask y'all. How have you been cleaning your control freak? I have this white circle on mine and I'm not sure what the best way to clean it.