Now that I have a pizza stone...

[canis582]

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Why is a baking stone better than straight on the rack or a cookie sheet?


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Its not any better when you are making tombstones.

[slamdunkpro]

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spread some cornmeal on the stone.

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Use flour. Same non-stick effect without the smoke.

[Fast Food Knight]

I would just like to throw it out there that I got the pizza stone for AEKDBet's Chair, not my mom.

He is now in the doghouse. Not helping the situation any, he also made this comment:

"I want you to go to the grocery store and buy all the ingredients and come back and make the dough while I sit here and play Halo."

So not happening.

[ElSapo]

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spread some cornmeal on the stone.

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Use flour. Same non-stick effect without the smoke.

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Part of the desired effect from cornmeal is the texture.

[guids]

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Why is a baking stone better than straight on the rack or a cookie sheet?

My wife uses one and I've never been able to tell the difference. I've always assumed it's one of the many items that Pampered Chef has duped women into buying. No offense AEKD. I'm open to opposing viewpoints.

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your wife might not be heating the stone up, the point is to stick the stone in the oven, while its preheating/hot, so the stone gets to be as hot as possible, then put the pizza on it. Pizza is best in the hottest oven possible, like 800 degrees, the stone helps to bring the heat directly to the pizza.

[scotchnrocks]

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Why is a baking stone better than straight on the rack or a cookie sheet?

My wife uses one and I've never been able to tell the difference.

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me neither, preheating it helps a little...get two tombstones and cook them at the same time, one on the stone and one on the pan and take a slice of each

[CrazyEyez]

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Why is a baking stone better than straight on the rack or a cookie sheet?


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Its not any better when you are making tombstones.

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That might be the issue. What about DiGiorno?

Actually she makes chocolate chip cookies on it as well.

Guids - Not sure about the preheating. I'll look into that. I just feel like I'm missing out on some magic here.

[dylan's alias]

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Why is a baking stone better than straight on the rack or a cookie sheet?

My wife uses one and I've never been able to tell the difference.

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me neither, preheating it helps a little...get two tombstones and cook them at the same time, one on the stone and one on the pan and take a slice of each

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Pizza stones are for cooking raw, fresh pizza dough. Precooked frozen pizzas are not the issue.

I just got a stone as well, need a report on the dough-making process.

[samjjones]

Dudes - pizza stone is best used for fresh dough, not frozen pizza. Thought this was already assumed, but apparently there is some confusion.

[Klompy]

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Dudes - pizza stone is best used for fresh dough, not frozen pizza. Thought this was already assumed, but apparently there is some confusion.

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This is good to know, My folks have one of these and I used it a couple times on frozen pizzas and it actualy makes the crust worse on them.