Proof Bread needs dough!
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2/13/18 Update:
Monday was a day filled with lows and highs. The day started with the dreaded phone call that our old oven was not easily repairable. The repair company referred us to a Restaurant supply store which had some old pizza ovens for sale. Unfortunately, even with a steep discount the bill with electrical work would be well over $10,000 for equipment poorly suited for bread.
Leaving the equipment store feeling defeated I called Don Guerra of Barrio Bread in Tucson. Don's bakery was in his garage for 6 years. He was the one who suggested the oven that we originally wanted to upgrade to. I asked him what he would do in my current predicament. Aside from premium cost for the oven he suggested, the company is in Europe, and to get a single phase oven would take over 3 months after the order was paid in full!
Fortunately, Don had another suggestion: American Baking Systems. These ovens are just as good as Polin, arguably better from several standpoints. ABS ovens are easier to service, more mobile (they are on casters) and significantly less expensive. Now the oven itself is $19,000 instead of $30,000! We still have the same amount of remodeling, electrical and plumbing work to do, but we have been able to drop the campaign amount significantly. Also, ABS has single phase options on hand and can have the oven to us within a week of the order!
2/8/18 Update:
The last working deck in our 2 deck loaf oven went down today. We had a repairman over, who fixed it temporarily, but it went out again later in the night. We have been in the process of saving for a reliable and sufficiently sized oven. Even with this oven working we can only bake 8 loaves at a time, and for weeks we have been struggling to get enough bread baked for our demand. We are definitely getting this oven fixed as soon as the part required for it comes in, but your support will help us get out of this precarious situation more quickly.
Outside of the 2 owners Amanda and Jon we have 4 full time employees, so it is very important for us to have reliable equipment to support our amazing team. Thanks in advance for your support. Please read below for our original post...
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2/1/18
Hello bread-lovers!
There's something about Harriet and we can't get enough of her...
If you're unfamiliar with Proof, we are a team of passionate and renegade home bakers who supply the valley of Phoenix with primo sourdough. Harriet is our sourdough starter, and she's 5 years old this year!
We make everything the slow way (hand-mixed, hand-laminated, bulk fermented, etc.) and we specialize in old-world, European-style artisan breads and pastries. Our sourdough pain au chocolat is TO DIE FOR!
We sell out almost every weekend. We currently use a second-hand less-than-stellar pizza oven to bake you all the delicious loaves that we can, but we are reaching our capacity limit and you still want MORE bread.
Well...we want to feed you more bread, but to do that
PROOF NEEDS A NEW OVEN!
Proof is looking to raise $40,000 to buy a new oven ASAP, and make some necessary work-space improvements for our talented team of bakers. Your support already means so much to us.
Monday was a day filled with lows and highs. The day started with the dreaded phone call that our old oven was not easily repairable. The repair company referred us to a Restaurant supply store which had some old pizza ovens for sale. Unfortunately, even with a steep discount the bill with electrical work would be well over $10,000 for equipment poorly suited for bread.
Leaving the equipment store feeling defeated I called Don Guerra of Barrio Bread in Tucson. Don's bakery was in his garage for 6 years. He was the one who suggested the oven that we originally wanted to upgrade to. I asked him what he would do in my current predicament. Aside from premium cost for the oven he suggested, the company is in Europe, and to get a single phase oven would take over 3 months after the order was paid in full!
Fortunately, Don had another suggestion: American Baking Systems. These ovens are just as good as Polin, arguably better from several standpoints. ABS ovens are easier to service, more mobile (they are on casters) and significantly less expensive. Now the oven itself is $19,000 instead of $30,000! We still have the same amount of remodeling, electrical and plumbing work to do, but we have been able to drop the campaign amount significantly. Also, ABS has single phase options on hand and can have the oven to us within a week of the order!
2/8/18 Update:
The last working deck in our 2 deck loaf oven went down today. We had a repairman over, who fixed it temporarily, but it went out again later in the night. We have been in the process of saving for a reliable and sufficiently sized oven. Even with this oven working we can only bake 8 loaves at a time, and for weeks we have been struggling to get enough bread baked for our demand. We are definitely getting this oven fixed as soon as the part required for it comes in, but your support will help us get out of this precarious situation more quickly.
Outside of the 2 owners Amanda and Jon we have 4 full time employees, so it is very important for us to have reliable equipment to support our amazing team. Thanks in advance for your support. Please read below for our original post...
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2/1/18
Hello bread-lovers!
There's something about Harriet and we can't get enough of her...
If you're unfamiliar with Proof, we are a team of passionate and renegade home bakers who supply the valley of Phoenix with primo sourdough. Harriet is our sourdough starter, and she's 5 years old this year!
We make everything the slow way (hand-mixed, hand-laminated, bulk fermented, etc.) and we specialize in old-world, European-style artisan breads and pastries. Our sourdough pain au chocolat is TO DIE FOR!
We sell out almost every weekend. We currently use a second-hand less-than-stellar pizza oven to bake you all the delicious loaves that we can, but we are reaching our capacity limit and you still want MORE bread.
Well...we want to feed you more bread, but to do that
PROOF NEEDS A NEW OVEN!
Proof is looking to raise $40,000 to buy a new oven ASAP, and make some necessary work-space improvements for our talented team of bakers. Your support already means so much to us.
Organizer
Jonathan Przybyl
Organizer
Mesa, AZ
