About 7.5cm (3inches) thick and about 20cm (8inch wide). It knocks hollow but I won't know if it's slightly under until tomorrow (in which case it will be toast only bread - I have been bitten before by wholemeal flour). It's not burnt - it's 100% the Maillard reaction. Yeast, flour, water, salt + time and energy. I won't say skill because it could still be a bunch of arse. Total labour 25 minutes including washing up/wiping down. The 5 minutes over is annoying.