I have used this stone 3 times and everytime the bottom of the pizza crust burns in just a few minutes before pizza is done. Any suggestions?
330825
First try taking the pizza out of the oven a few minutes early and see if it's done. If so, just use that time in the future, but you probably should check the accuracy of the temp of your oven to avoid similar problems with other cooking and baking. Use a decent quality oven thermometer and, per "Cooking for Geeks," put a spoonful of table sugar (sucrose) in a oven safe glass bowl into the oven, place it on a sheet of foil or a cookie sheet. Turn the oven on set to 350. Table sugar melts at 367 degrees F so if your oven hotter than the temp you set, the sugar may melt before it thinks it's at 350 and turns off. If so check the oven thermometer and subtract that number from 350. Subtract that same number from the temp you set when making pizza - or anything else, and you'll probably get better results. If the sugar doesn't melt after several minutes at 350 turn the oven up to 375 and the sugar should melt completely within 15 minutes or so, and you'd need to set your oven higher than the temp you actually want, but from what you describe I think that's unlikely. Ovens do "overshoot" the set temp by a few degrees (if it's a good quality oven), stop heating and cool to below that temp, then turn on again, but if your oven is starting to burn your pizza before it's properly cooked through it's probably too hot by more than a few degrees.
330826
If it's fresh dough and not reheated spread flour on some tin foil place your pizza dough on that make your pizza and place on stone. Cool for about 10 min then you should be able to slide the foil out from in between the stone and pizza. Comes out perfect every time
330827
You might try cornmeal on the stone, then your pizza. I do mostly sourdough bread but that seems to help.
330828
If you didn't try placing the stone on an upper shelf already, I'd try that first. If that's not helping, find out if your oven is accurately measuring temperature with an inexpensive oven thermometer. After that, I guess the next thing I'd do is just not heat the stone for as long and perhaps lower the oven temp. I used the uppermost placement of my shelf and it worked very well with both topping and crust getting done at the same time.
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No, it'll be more prone to breaking. To properly use a pizza stone you need to put it in the oven then start preheating it so it doesn't break. i usually make the pizza on parchment paper and put that on the stone. comes out with a great crust and hardly any clean up.
1592983
You didn't use cooking spray on there did you? We have used our's many many times even out on the grilland only use flour under the crust and never had anything stick.We have never preheated our stone and still never had anything stick.
2143563
I just heated it up and threw a pizza on it, and it worked fine for me. Due to the mass, it does take quite a while to preheat it to temperature. If you don't let it get hot enough before using it the pizza will take significantly longer to cook.
1361673
Mine never worked right. Burned the bread even on light crust. I returned it.
1647525
Yes - Use Lemon Juice and/or baking soda. I have a pizza stone that had the same issue. This worked beautifully!
738572
We just have a lot of flour on the bottom of the crust. Plus, make sure you let your oven heat to stones for quite a while after the oven is done preheating. Even though the oven may say it is too temp, the stones will not be. I let it go for at least 15 mins after the preheating is done.
2079920
cooks, toasts, broils, etc. very evenly. I suggest a crisper pan or mesh for pizza. It gets very hot, I burned a couple of things at first, pay especial attention to direction to turn on/off button past 10 before setting desired time.
778699
I just spread some cornmeal out on the stone, put it in the oven for about half an hour to heat up, and then pull it out just long enough to set the pizza right onto it and throw it back into the oven. I've really enjoyed how the crusts on my pizzas have turned out when I do it that way.But I use the stone for all kinds of stuff...cookies, loaves of bread, etc. It's really diverse.
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It's possible that your dough is too wet. It should be well floured before putting it on the hot stone. You can also sprinkle some flour on the stone as well. The flour will burn but it might help with easy removal. I had this problem the first time I used the pizza maker but after adjusting my dough, I have not had any difficulty removing the pizza. Good luck!
679160
I normally use mine in a 425 degree oven and put it in before turning oven on. Preheat for at least 30 minutes before placing pizza on the stone. The more you use it the better the stone gets. Never place a wet or moist stone in the oven, it will break.
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dont try cooking pizza...too much direct heat from the top and not enough to do the crust properly...
1592984
Hi JMC, The only reason I can think of is that maybe your stone was not fully heated. Though not guaranteed to cause this result, it is quite possible. Heat your stone for a minimum of 45 minutes to be sure it is at maximum temperature. When the dough hits the high heat it will grab for a second, but then release. Obviously, also be careful not to get cheese underneath your pie. Keep at it, you will succeed. The Emile Henry stone s a good product.
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According to Calf Pizza Stones, http://www.californiapizzastones.com/pizza/files/Conditioning-A-Pizza-Stone.php, "We do not recommend using any oil of any type. Simply wash your stone, NO SOAP. Pat dry and put in your oven. Turn your oven to 450 and bake your stone for 30 minutes let cool. Now our ready to bake!!!"
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It depends on the heat output of your burners. It takes about 10 minutes on a very strong burner (what I use) but probably longer on a less powerful one. Basically the stone has to heat up in order for the pizza to cook properly.
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I think it would work on top of the stone. It does brown the crust on its own though. When I only had one screen I would use my stone on the bottom rack and my screen on the top rack while doing two pizzas.
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I have accidentally left our stone in the oven and set the oven to "self clean" (no chemicals/sprays added). When the oven was done cleaning, It actually turned any stains/goop on the stone to gray dust, with a little sponge water, it came right off. Looked almost brand new!