But when I see sunken crumb and a soapy bite, nine times out of ten the baker eyeballed the baking soda; in contests I can taste a 0.5 g swing. I now keep an AWS Gemini-20 in my kit and it’s cut my test-batch waste in half — who’s found a durable, flour-proof 0.01 g scale that survives daily bench use? Precision buys you freedom to push acid and fat without gambling on structure.
I rekey day one and only replace the primary deadbolt with a “Grade 1” keypad if the existing set is flimsy or the door prep is sloppy. I always add 3" screws to the strike and top hinge during either service — belt-and-suspenders that clients notice. Are you standardizing on Schlage/Kwikset cores for rekeys, or switching brands when you go keypad?
Moved off the Gemini-20 to an A&D EJ-200 (0.01 g) with the silicone cover; it shrugs off flour and lives in a 1/6 pan as a draft shield, and I zero in paper portion cups for soda. Cal with a 200 g weight weekly and it doesn’t drift, but it’s pricier than jewelry scales. If you’re tasting that ‘0.5 g swing,’ an anti-vibration pad under it helps on busy benches.