Cuisinart Brick Oven

[joancassell]

Has anyone tried this? Does it make good bread? I'm tired of wrestling with my Hearthkit, which takes forever to heat, when in, the oven cannot be turned down easily, and it's heavy to lift out. Would the Brick Oven be a good substitute?

[JAZ]

I haven't used it, but I imagine that if it's got a piece of stone in it as thick as the Hearthkit, then it will take just as long to heat up, and just as long to cool down. The difference, I guess, is that you could use that for bread and keep your regular oven free of the Hearthkit.

I just keep my Hearthkit in the oven all the time. It does mean I can't reduce the heat quickly, but for me it makes up for that in the heat level I can achieve, and (especially in my old crappy oven) it gave me much more even heat.