I baked a loaf of sourdough bread starting in a COLD OVEN. This is what happened…

What happens when you bake your sourdough bread starting in a cold oven? Find out in this video! I baked one loaf in an oven that I preheated for 30 minutes (my regular method), and another loaf that I started out in a cold oven (I turned on the oven right after I put the dough in to start baking). Experiments are fun.

Here's my sourdough recipe that I used for this experiment:
https://youtu.be/-Kstk0C3m8M

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Here's the curved bread lame that I used in this video -
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Video Chapters
00:00 My "Cold Oven Start" Experiment
00:51 Loaf 1. The "Cold Oven Start"
03:46 Loaf 2. The Preaheated Oven
04:59 What's the point of testing a cold oven start?
05:07 Side-By-Side Comparison
06:06 Crumb Shots
06:44 My Big Mistake...
07:08 Why you might want to try the "cold oven start" method
07:29 My personal take on this method
07:53 Want to do your own experiment?