Prolonging Pizza Stones Durability

In as much as pizza stones are very durable, they may still be abraded. This may be caused by poor maintenance of the pizza stone.     Although pizza stones are vigorous, they still go through wear and tear and the factors that lead to this wear and tear will be discussed below.

•    Soap usage for cleaning:

Unlike our regular kitchen or grill utensils where you make use of soap to wash thoroughly to remove dirt or unwanted particles, the same should not be applied for the pizza stone. This is because, due to the permeable nature of pizza stones, they take in some particles of the soap in the process where soap is being used to clean the pizza stone. Since there are tiny holes in the pizza stone, cleaning or removing the soap particles will be very difficult and therefore the soap particles will remain in the pizza stone. So, it is advisable that if you do not want to make pizza’s or bake anything that tastes like soap, do not use soap or any chemical to clean your pizza stone.

•    Too much movement of the pizza stone:

When pizza stones are subjected to movement all the time, the possibility of it falling and breaking is very high. This is due to the fact that, since pizza stones are very weighty, the chances of you dropping it unintentionally will cause it to break.

•    Too much water used for cleaning:

Since you’re not meant to use soap to wash your pizza stone, I am sure that using just water will be the next you will employ to clean the stone since water has no taste, it won’t affect your pizza. Well, that’s not totally true because when you use excess water to clean your pizza stone and you don’t remove the excess water as expected, instead of giving you the kind of crusts that is bubbly, frizzle texture and dark colour, it will steam it up.

Some factors that should be put in place to aid for prolonging pizza stones durability or life includes

•    Instead of using soap or excess water to clean your pizza stones, make use of stone brush and warm water to clean the pizza stone properly. Sprinkle the water on the surface of the pizza stone and then use the stone brush to scrub the pizza stone thoroughly. There are different types of stone brush, for heavy-duty pizza stones, it is advisable to use heavy-duty pizza stone scrubber brush.

•    It is advisable to store the stone by the book. The most suitable or appropriate place for storing pizza stones is in the oven, this eliminates the need for you to move your pizza stone unnecessarily. Also keeping your pizza stone in the oven helps to season its baking surface and this eliminates the need for the use of any kind of oil and this reduces extra costs. All you need to do is to run your oven on high for about an hour or thereabouts before baking your pizza.

•     Scrape off burnt portions from the pizza stone. The best way for you to clean your pizza stones appropriately is to make use of a blunt table knife, a bench scraper or a metal spatula to peel off crusty food remnants.