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Hello Kraft Community, we are very excited to share some great news with you. As loyal Kraft Community members we have heard your desire to do more fun things in the community and we are happy to announce in January 2010 we will be making some changes so you can connect and share food ideas in more ways than ever!
We want to let you know we will not be transferring the existing discussions to the new enhanced message boards so if there are discussions that you would like to save please make sure to either print them or copy and paste into a document that you can save to your personal files.
We will remind you again before the transition occurs but wanted to let you in on the exciting news!!
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Re: pizza perfection help
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Sep 12, 2007 7:51 PM
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Please DO NOT use the silicone non-stick sprays (Pam) on your stone because it will build up and leave a very sticky residue on your stone and ruin it.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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Jun 3, 2007 1:12 PM
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> Hi everyone!
> My fiancee had a pizza years ago made on a pizza
> stone in the oven. He hasn't stopped raving on how
> the home cooked pizza stone compared to restaurants.
> Can anyone tell me the best pizza stone to buy? Or
> r any information on pizza stones would be
> appreciated (cooking time, or temps. or recipes)? Any
> info would be appreciated!
Be sure to "season" your stone by brushing with oil the first couple times you use it. Or bake greasy food, cookies, biscuits so your stone can absorb the oils and start seasoning itself. The best way to clean, IMHO, is hot water and a nylon scratchy pad NO SOAP.
When recipes call for baking less than 12 minutes you may have to make an extra minute or 2. Baking food for longer than 30 minutes may get done a few minutes sooner. Food will continue to bake on your stone after you take it out of the oven.
My experience with cookies is to preheat the stone 1/2 way before placing the dough on the stone, then letting the stone cool between batches.
As the PP stated, the worse the stone looks the better it is.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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May 23, 2007 3:10 PM
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I use baking soda and a scrubber pad to clean my pizza stone.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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May 23, 2007 11:26 AM
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> Pizza stones SHOULD NOT be cleaned with water - even
> if you don't use soap.
It is perfectly fine to use water to clean a pizza stone. There is absolutely no harm in that. But you should not use soap because the porous stone will absorb it and you'll taste it in the pizzas you cook.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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May 22, 2007 10:43 PM
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Cook's Illustrated highly recommends the Super Peel.
"Super Peel, which is simply a regular wooden peel outfitted with a pastry cloth that's threaded through the board like a conveyor belt. When well floured, the cloth proved to be essentially nonstick. It practically guarantees a perfectly round pizza and has a gentle touch with bread loaves. We bought ours from Exoproducts for $33.95, (518-371-3173, www.superpeel.com)."
Good luck!
BTW,I have no affiliation with either Cook's Illustrated or Exoproducts.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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Mar 26, 2007 11:54 AM
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Go to your nearest home improvement store and improve your stove with some quarry tiles. They cost about 99 cents each and you'll most likely need 4. If you must get a "pizza stone" Home Place, Bed Bath & Beyond, Linens and Things, Target etc all have sets that come with a stone, cutter and rack for around 10 bucks.
Nice to see you posting Humble Chef. I'm sure you will have much to add to any thread.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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Mar 26, 2007 11:40 AM
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Jessipe - The Pampered Chef stuff has to be sold at someone's house but if you have a Williams Sonoma near you, you can pick up a pizza stone from them.
Pizza stones SHOULD NOT be cleaned with water - even if you don't use soap. My pizza stones came with a rubber scraper but I got them from Pampered Chef a long time ago. Ask someone at WS to recommend a gadget or gizmo made of hard rubber to clean your stone.
Remember, the worse it looks, the better it cooks.
Protect it from rapid temperature changes or it may crack.
To facilitate getting a pizza on and off the stone, you can throw a handful of semolina or cornmeal onto the stone just prior to shoveling your pizza onto the stone. That will help prevent the pizza from sticking.
The more you use the stone, the more non-stick it will become - a lot like a cast iron pan.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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Feb 13, 2007 2:26 PM
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Hey! I found my pizza stone at Target. They have lots of bakeware beleve it or not.
Tips: Use with any pizza recipe. Preheat the stone in the oven 30min ahead of time. Don't wash with soap, instead try scrubbing with salt. Parchment paper is such a help too. It helps get the pizza on and off the stone without it sticking.
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Re: pizza perfection help
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Feb 13, 2007 1:04 PM
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you should check out pampered chef. My mom bought her stone from there yrs ago and loves it! They should also have tips and recipes as well.
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Feb 12, 2007 10:26 PM
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Hi everyone!
My fiancee had a pizza years ago made on a pizza stone in the oven. He hasn't stopped raving on how the home cooked pizza stone compared to restaurants. Can anyone tell me the best pizza stone to buy? Or any information on pizza stones would be appreciated (cooking time, or temps. or recipes)? Any info would be appreciated!
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