Wild Loaf Lab

Wild Loaf Lab

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Husband and wife team making artisan sourdough tools for you! Kirtley: Sourdough teacher 2+ years. Josh: Wood magician making magic in our garage.

Coming soon: Online sourdough classes, more sourdough tools! www.wildloaflab.com Based in Hayden, ID

06/03/2026

What your birthday person won't have already:

A handmade 2 in 1 sourdough bench and bowl scraper.

100% natural wood
No stains or plastic film
Finished with pure flax oil (not mineral oil or other refined crude oil products)

It cuts dough
Shapes dough
Scrapes the extra dough from the bowl
And scrapes off the dough from your counter

It feels luxurious
It's an heirloom tool
It fits comfortably in their hand
It makes their kitchen look more regal
It makes their craft feel more intentional and back to the roots.

Get them their very own and give them a birthday to remember.

With love,

Us from Wild Loaf Lab

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05/05/2026

False claim: Boil your wooden kitchen tools to clean then and make them last longer (7 million views on Tik Tok). 😱😱😱😱 If you boil them you'll see the water turn brown showing how dirty your spoons were.

This false claim has made some people worried about using kitchen tools, thinking they are too unsanitary and unsafe to use based on how dirty the water looks after boiling the tools.

Yes, boiling does sanitize things, we understand that but the dark water does not prove it.

👍My test:

I boiled never-been-used, clean wood from our wood shop and it made the water just as dirty looking as the viral videos that claim the dirty water is proof of how disgustingly gross or dangerously dirty your wooden tools were.

👍What we take from it:

The brown coloring is most likely the natural wood oils leeching out into the boiling water (as you saw in the video of how my water turned dark and the wood was not dirty).

Which is a pity because that will lead to your tools drying out and cracking.

The oil looking water from viral videos could be from the oil you use to upkeep your wood, and or yes, it can be from cooking oils.

🤚We never boil out wooden kitchen tools. It damages them.

Period.

Using them to stir a boiling soup is fine because you're not keeping them in very long- just don't leave them in and walk away.

If we are worried about our tools being sanitary, we use dish soap and hot water under the sink.

If you doubt that boiling your wooden tools damages them, just ask a local woodworker (not a social media influencer) and I'm certain they'll agree.

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Have a wonderful day!

Photos from Wild Loaf Lab's post 03/05/2026

Fun magazine article Josh and I were featured in today!

Bella (the writer) attended my class a few months ago and liked it enough to write it up in a local magazine!

Turns out is a talented young writer and can make our story sound better than we can!

It's always such a treat meeting the people that come to my classes.

When we begin class I ask everyone to tell me something they are known for.

Each response leaves me with so many questions to ask them! Unfortunately we need to keep going for the sake of time.

In every person that comes, I see the potential to master this art, this ancient skill.

It's always such a treat to hear back from class members about their successes, troubles, or about other things they're involved in and amazing at- like Bella (who has also mastered the art since I last saw her!).

Thanks girl for your time and talent!

Here's to helping more people "hurry up and mess up" and learn this ancient skill!

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bella

Link in comments for full article 👇👇

02/20/2026

Hiiii! 👋 Come join us as we elevate your kitchen from silicone and plastics tools to heirloom wooden kitchen tools.

01/21/2026

I didn't even know purpleheart was a type of wood before my husband made me a bench and bowl scraper out of it!

Love seeing our L learn and grow with our little business.

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For those that are new-

Hi! My husband and I both bake sourdough and he now makes one of a kind wooden bench and bowl scrapers for the kitchen and for the sourdough process.

It's the one tool that rules them all-

It scrapes and cleans dough out of your bowl,
Cuts the dough
Shapes the dough
Cleans the counter off.
You can use it as a veggie scoop too.

We came up with a special curve on top (think "fibonacci") calculated to fit any size of bowl, even 5 inches small.

We help you toss the plastic bench scrapers that are flaking their plastic who knows where.

Join us on our journey as we come out with more wooden kitchen utensils you wished were invented.

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01/14/2026

Johanna showed up to my sourdough class, realized she forgot her mixing bowl… and just used the work helmet she had in her car. Problem solved.

I loved it.

She’s a welder, and honestly that kind of creativity and “figure it out” mindset is exactly what makes someone great at sourdough.

No excuses, just bake anyway.

✨ Next traditional sourdough class is in March
✨ Gluten-free classes are sold out through March
Follow along for the next class date drops 👀🍞

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