Pizza

[gbhunter]

Hello,
My husband and I were give a square pizza stone for our anniversary. He went to make a pizza, and when he took it out it was stuck to the stone. Is there something we need to put on the stone in order for the pizza not to stick?

[Kerryclan]

...was the stone heated enough? I put my stone in the oven, turn it up to whatever temperature I'll be using (at least 450 degrees) and preheat the stone along with the oven. I've not had one stick to the stone, but I have had uncooked pizza stick to the peel, so I use parchment paper instead of corn meal.

[deltadoc]

I've had my rectangular pizza stone since 1983. Three rules to always follow:

1. Never put a cold stone in a hot oven
2. Never take a hot stone out of the oven
3. Never wash the stone, the water will soak into it and you don't want a water-logged stone to cook with.

Other than that, I turn the oven all the way up to 550F and let it heat thoroughly (at least 45 minute - hour) before I slip the pizza off the peel onto the hot stone. Pizza has never stuck in all these years.

doc

[Pete]

If your pizza slides off of your peel easily it should not stick to your stone, if you have done everything right. Here are a few reasons it might stick though.

1. As stated above, your stone is not hot enough. I always allow, at least, 30-45 minutes for my oven and stone to come up to temp.
2. You allowed cheese to fall over the edge of your crust, melting and sticking to the pizza and the stone
3. You pulled your crust too thin and sauce and cheese leaked through somewhere causing the dough to stick

All of these things happened to me when I first started making serious pizza at home. Since I've solved these problems I haven't had trouble since.

[gonefishin]

I haven't run into a problem yet...but HERE'S a few tips on how to cook and care for your pizza stone.

good luck!

[gbhunter]

Well I think I may have killed my pizza stone. I tried to cook a pizza with some onion and mushroom. It seems that some of the onion and mushroom liquid seemed to have spilled on to the stone. Now I have these huge black stains on the stone.. They dont smoke or smell they just look ugly as heck. I hope I did not kill the stone.

[phatch]

The stone is fine.

Phil

[kuan]

Originally Posted by gbhunter

Well I think I may have killed my pizza stone. I tried to cook a pizza with some onion and mushroom. It seems that some of the onion and mushroom liquid seemed to have spilled on to the stone. Now I have these huge black stains on the stone.. They dont smoke or smell they just look ugly as heck. I hope I did not kill the stone.

A clean stone means the only pizza you make is DiGiorno.

[FoodieNews]

My pizza stone is very black, but the pizzas always come out very crispy.

I did read on a site one to soak the stone every once in awhile to clean it, but I haven't done it yet.

[Pete]

I don't know that I would recommend soaking your pizza stone. When mine gets too dirty I just wipe it down with a damp cloth. If you were to ever soak it, make very sure that it is completely dry all the way through before you cook with it or it will crack. Mine is totally stained but still cooks great, and no off flavors due to the staining.

[Andy M.]

When my stone gets dirty, I leave it in the oven during the self-cleaning cycle. Clean as a whistle!

[chadgkiss@yahoo]

like all the others use a hot seasoned stone
you can use corn meal,fine or large or flour even seen it with seasme seed

[chadgkiss@yahoo]

not a good idea to soak your stone let heat cure it and maybe a little oil and salt to scrub off burnt on food never -soap or detergent-
To much "JUICE" coming off your pie is probley from the toppings you put on it like mushrooms onions,etc...try slightly salting some veggies to draw out moisture or roast them in a pan before use
meat toppings (no comment) i cook them raw on the pie

[Harpua]

Originally Posted by chadgkiss@yahoo

like all the others use a hot seasoned stone
you can use corn meal,fine or large or flour even seen it with seasme seed

Yeah, I often use cornmeal so it slides from the peel onto the hot stone easily. I like the crunch too.