Baking Stone Tips: How to Buy, Clean, Store, and Care for a Baking Stone for Pizza & Breads
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Some nonsense spoken by COOKS that are not based on SCIENCE.
1) Don't leave the stone in the oven…. it'll take longer to heat-up…
That's BS! I always leave the stone in the oven – It heats-up just the same – but it'll cool
time longer! Because the stone RETAINS THE HEAT….
2) PIZZA-STONES – or clay cookers – that are soaked with water, should not crack when heated, because if there is a way for the steam to escape, from the porous stone /clay
ACTUALLY, some cooking techniques recommend pre-soaking in water!
BUT… NEVER PLACE COLD WATER ON HOT STONE…
I think the uglier it looks, the better💙
I don't even remove the stone anymore from the oven when I'm using it I have a pretty big oven and I put it in between two racks in the center of the oven that way it's protected by the racks and the stone stays pretty clean because any leftover gets incinerated from me just using my oven
I have ALWAYS put mine through the dishwasher…..I have square & round and have had the same one for 6 years.. and have been dishwashing them for 20+ years!!!.
We have a stoneworks place where I live and I just go and buy a quarry tile.
Or you could go to your local potter and ask them to make one to your spec
This is no longer available (on Amazon), is there another recommendation?
Conflicting info here – water wash or not?
Buy a pizza/baking steel and your problems are solved.
I read not to use a metal scraper on the stone.. Is that not true?
pizza stones are a bitch to clean.
yes, i have no intention of buying a baking "stone"until i know exactly how to take care–i read,too,soak the stone in water!!!??duh??
Don't listen to this guy. Never ever get your stone wet under ANY circumstances!!!! If it is not dried COMPLETELY it will BREAK!!!!! Scrape with a metal bench scraper then a metal brush if necessary but NEVER get it WET!!!!! If you do get it wet, put it in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours to ensure the water all dries up.
Hi!
You are not supposed to put water in your stone. It absorbs the water and next time it heats up, it will crack. Mine literally broke in half.
DO NOT put water on pizza stone!!
So your not afraid the stone will crack if you just throught it in a preheated oven? I've head that you sould preheat the stone at the same time you do your oven?
He makes one rather dumb remark — not to leave the stone in the oven while the oven is heating up. Yes, the oven will take longer to heat up — but you'll still have to wait for the stone to heat up if you put it in later. (Duh…)The total amount of energy required should be about the same in either case. Furthermore, when the "oven ready" light comes on, you can be reasonably certain the stone is close to being at oven temperature.
Baking stones can be cleaned like brand new very easily. Just leave it in your oven when you put it on self clean. I have done this many times. It comes out like brand new. Turns all the old stains into ash. Comes out like brand new.
I store mine in the oven, I don't have any other place to put it. Doesn't take that much longer to heat up.
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