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Meet Your New Favorite Bread Baking Tool!

Baking sourdough in your Challenger Bread Pan is one of the best ways to achieve a beautifully golden crust and excellent oven spring. But, getting your delicate, proofed dough into a hot pan can be tricky.

That’s why we created the Challenger Bread Sling!

Designed exclusively for the Challenger Bread Pan, our reusable Bread Sling provides a non-stick surface for transferring dough, baking, and removing your bread, without the need for parchment paper, flour, or cornmeal.

How To Use Your Challenger Bread Sling

1. Preheat Your Pan

Place the empty pan in the oven and preheat according to your recipe. Do not preheat the Bread Sling inside the empty pan.

2. Place Your Dough on the Sling

Once your dough is proofed and shaped, place it directly on the Bread Sling. The non-stick surface eliminates the need for parchment, flour, or cornmeal.

3. Score Your Dough

With your dough resting securely on the sling, score the dough using your favorite lame or razor blade.

4. Transfer the Dough

Using both handles, carefully lower the dough and sling onto the preheated Challenger Bread Pan. The handles of our bread sling tuck easily into the lid for baking.

5. Bake

With the pan lid in place, and follow your recipe’s baking instructions. If you prefer, add an ice cube for added steam. The mesh of the sling is designed to keep your loaf elevated from the pan’s base. Bake up to 450°F (232°C) for optimal performance.

6. Remove Your Bread

After baking, lift the loaf from the pan using both handles and transfer the loaf and the sling to a cooling rack.

7. Clean & Store

Allow the sling to cool completely. Clean with warm water and mild dish soap, or place in the dishwasher for easy cleanup.

Dusting isn't necessary:

The Bread Sling’s non-stick surface means you can skip the parchment paper, flour, and cornmeal.

The handles are your friends:

The Bread Sling’s built-in handles make it easy to lower dough into the hot pan and lift the finished loaf out when it’s done.

Reuse it again and again:

With proper care, your Bread Sling can become a reliable part of your baking routine!

The Ultimate Bread Pan®

Discover the Challenger Bread Pan and fall in love with its perfectly placed handles (large enough for your oven mitts), its thick cast iron construction that ensures steady high heat, a tightly sealed environment for optimal steam creation, and its versatile design that accommodates numerous bread shapes and sizes.