My friend told me to always use a scale for my sourdough starter, and I finally listened after a year of flat loaves. | Bakers - Freelance Forum - The Community for Independent Professionals

What kind of scale did you end up getting, and did you find that weighing your water and flour made the biggest difference, or was it more about the starter itself?

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haydenhayes6mo ago

Scales are a total game changer.

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nancyramirez5mo ago

Yeah, I feel for @jade_king, my first bricks were all thanks to cups. A cheap kitchen scale fixed that fast.

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jade_king6mo ago

Forget the starter for a second. Did you start weighing your final dough ingredients too, or just the starter feed? My flat loaves were always from messing up the main dough hydration by using cups.

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