Importance of preheating when baking sourdough bread | Do you really need to? | Foodgeek

Today's experiment looks at how important preheating the oven and the Dutch oven is when baking high hydration sourdough bread. Does it make a difference, or are we just heating our house for nothing? This video answers: can you bake sourdough bread in a cold Dutch oven? Free sourdough cheat sheet (timing & troubleshooting) + my newsletter: https://fdgk.net/newsletter?utm_sourc... Buy Foodgeek Merch: https://fdgk.net/buy-merch Ko-fi (foodgeek.io without ads from $1 a month): https://fdgk.net/kofi Formula: https://fdgk.net/preheating-experimen... Ad links! In this video: Heat resistant gloves: https://fdgk.net/buy-heat-resistant-g... Sourdough essentials: Bench Scraper: https://fdgk.net/buy-bench-scraper Lodge Combo Cooker: https://fdgk.net/buy-combo-cooker Walnut Lame: https://fdgk.net/buy-walnut-lame Buy razor blades: https://fdgk.net/buy-razor-blades Buy cake turntable: https://fdgk.net/buy-cake-turntable Bowl: https://fdgk.net/buy-magrethe-bowls Baking Steel: https://fdgk.net/buy-baking-steel Proofing Baskets: https://fdgk.net/buy-proofing-baskets Flour shaker: https://fdgk.net/buy-flour-shaker Spray Bottle: https://fdgk.net/buy-spray-bottle Pizza Peel: https://fdgk.net/buy-peel Brød & Taylor Proofer: https://fdgk.net/buy-brod-and-taylor-... Silicone Spatula: https://fdgk.net/buy-silicone-spatula Pullman Loaf Pan (small): https://fdgk.net/buy-small-pullman-lo... Loaf Pan (medium): https://fdgk.net/buy-medium-loaf-pan Jars for your starter: https://fdgk.net/buy-weck-jars Small spatula for starter: https://fdgk.net/buy-small-spatula Stand Mixer: https://fdgk.net/buy-stand-mixer Silicone Gloves: https://fdgk.net/buy-silicone-gloves Wire Rack: https://fdgk.net/buy-wire-rack My Amazon store fronts: US: https://fdgk.net/amazon_us UK: https://fdgk.net/amazon_uk Follow me on: Instagram: https://fdgk.net/instagram Facebook: https://fdgk.net/facebook Reddit: https://fdgk.net/reddit Music: Epidemic Sound: https://fdgk.net/epidemicsound 00:00 Teaser 00:10 Introduction 00:20 Today's experiment: three preheating conditions 01:12 Channel intro 01:33 About the dough hydration and hypothesis 02:03 About the formula and documenting the process 02:22 Recipe start: building the levain and autolyse 03:07 Mixing in the levain and resting 03:26 Bulk fermentation: stretch and folds 04:07 Bulk rise 04:27 Dividing, pre-shaping, and final shaping 05:31 Cold retard and baking loaf 1: cold oven, cold Dutch oven 06:48 Baking loaf 2: warm oven, cold Dutch oven 08:39 Baking loaf 3: warm oven, warm Dutch oven 09:50 Comparing the three loaves 10:38 Conclusion and addressing counterarguments 11:23 Wrap-up