A Basic Guide to Using a Pizza Stone

A pizza stone is a portable surface used for baking pizzas. It can be made of stone, ceramic or even salt. Shengye Refractory Material is a baking stone manufacturer which will provide you high-quality stones for baking. Pizza is placed on the pizza stone and then put in the oven. You can also heat the stone before placing the pizza. It's optional. Pizza stones are like cookie sheets but somehow absorb more moisture for food in order to make them crispier.  

How to use a pizza stone?

Step 1:  Preheat your oven and place your pizza stone on the top rack. Preheat it to 550 degrees.

Step 2: Use a flat surface to place the pizza on the stone. Make sure to sprinkle flour on the flat surface so that your pizza doesn’t stick to the stone.

Step 3: Let your pizza bake. Keep an eye on it so that you can get your perfect pizza as desired.

Step 4: Once you think that your pizza is ready to use the flat surface to take the pizza out. Your crispy pizza is ready.

How to clean a pizza stone?

Step 1: When you are done baking, let the pizza stone cool down. It’s never a good thing to wash hot stones.

Step 2: Place it in your sink and scrub it the way you clean other dishes.

Step 3: Let the stone dry. Never use wet stones.

How to prevent Pizza from sticking to the stone?

Make sure never to place a pizza stone in a hot oven because it will make your pizza stone crack. You can sprinkle some flour on the stone to prevent it from sticking to the stone. Using a few tips and make sure that you bake the best pizza. Ignorance or negligence, on the other hand, will make you end up with pizza that doesn't taste good. For restaurant quality pizza you have to be vigilant and make sure that you don't make any mistakes.

What is a cordierite pizza stone?  

Cordierite is a type of refractory material which has the least expansion coefficient. The cordierite stone has the ability to burn in 2192℉ kiln. It can even tolerate high temperatures up till 1400℉. These stones are of such fine quality that they don’t crack if they are under thermal shock. Although cordierite stones come under the category of ceramic stones their qualities are better than the other stones. They are long lasting so you are looking towards a one-time investment. Cordierite stones are beneficial in the sense that you can clean them quite easily and they don't require thorough cleaning like the rest of the stones. They bake quickly so you can quickly cook your pizza. It cooks all the way in so you don’t have to worry about half cooked pizza.

The stones manufactured by Shengye Refractory Material can be used on grills and in ovens directly. Our products are RoHS(EU), FDA(USA), and LFGB(Germany) certified.