does anyone know if this product will keep pizza warm? i mean just keep the pizza wartm, not actually cook it?
1654170
Yes but do not place a cloth between the pizza and the metal, a thick dinner napkin was too much for rolls I was trying to keep warm without burning them
1654171
I have found that this is the perfect item for keeping things warm. It is variable control from low to high so you can decide how warm or cool you want it. Hope this helps!!! I love mine....and will be using it this holiday season for my dinner party.
1654172
I have not used it for pizza. You can adjust the thermostat to your desired temp. I would suggest setting on med. and tent the pizza.
309037
I've used it in a 450-500 degree oven with no sticking........although I did have several tablespoons of oil under my deep dish crust to "fry" it for crispy-ness. But even after several rounds(10+ pizzas), it's still pretty slick to the touch with no visible signs of wear. Just scratching from a friend not knowing and using a metal pie spatula to try and lift out the pizza. Definitely no metal utensil contact with the surface.....but that's well know for all non-stick coatings.
1707180
I too am not a fan of using my stove in the summer. I have not found this pizza maker to be excessively hot. Also, you don't have to worry about heating the oven for a long period of time; it heats and cooks quickly.
858210
I'm assuming you pulled it out of the oven while it was still hot? I learned this lesson the hard way also. My first pizza stone was not an Old Stone product. Needs to cool down with the oven before removal. If it breaks, about the only thing to do is throw it away and buy a new one. Heat the stone up with the oven and let it cool down to ambient temp as the oven cools.
533510
I hope to clarify the situation, more than add to confusion, but I have found the convection feature is particularly useful for pizza. To test out the regular bake versus convection bake on this oven, I took two identical pizzas. The first one I used the regular bake function - it browned the top of the crust. I then took the second pizza and cooked it using the convection bake function - it browned the entire crust, not just the top. But then again, it has a pizza bake function which worked even better yet.
478984
It's pretty straight forward. Preheat the stone along with your oven. Once desired temp is reached, slide your pizza onto it. After it has cooled you can scrape any melted cheese off. I don't wash mine.
238488
Just tried my first slice of pizza in the bag and it worked great! Will have to fine-tune the toasting time as the pizza was cold from the fridge, but by not going too hot, the topping should stay on and not slide off.Might be messy if the topping is too wet or oily, so heat on a lower setting first, and you can always give it another extra toasting.Comes out nice and 'crisp' unlike the microwave that turns the crust rubbery.
1305469
The pizza pan has holes, a lot. So it may not be the best solution unless you are determined for "this pan" & "that grill". Then, while not impossible, it will take some adaptations and adjustment. For me it is an oven pan, if I were to grill a pizza with it on occasion I would use a cookie sheet as a buffer.
1519405
My oven can get pretty hot. I usually crank it as high as I can, leaving the pan inside. I use a peel to get the pizza in and out of the oven. I just took a temperature reading from the center of the pan today, and it read 585.3F. The pizza cooked in 6 minutes.
1580101
I've touched mine to my pizza steel with my oven at max temp. I think it should be fine to use provided it isn't there for any length of time.
752445
Oh my, I can't remember what I did....sometimes covering it with a little cooking oil and letting it sit helps. Good luck, it's a great little pan which I use to make a small pizza for one.
1972806
can it be used as in a pizza oven? Where in a pizza oven or for what purpose do you in intend using it. To be on safe side I would say no!! If it was used and exceeded the temperatures it was designed for I would think that between the fiberglass and the chemicals given off would be toxic. No I would not use it around food!
280604
You will get a more crispy crust if you heat it up first. I would almost treat it like a pizza stone. Make sure you have well seasoned it like you would a cast iron pan. Good luck. Mine has been a big disappointment.
1712616
I read another review that said it can be used with homemade pizza. The instruction booklet also shows you the settings for cooking fresh pizza. I have never tried this myself, though.
452244
never done it but dont see why not. it stays hot for about 15 minutes. if that is enough time to cook a pizza i would imagine it could work
508045
I bought one a couple of days ago. The manual now says it reaches over 710 degrees. I checked after 10 minutes and my high temperature thermometer reads nearly but not quite 725 (but I did have to open the lid to read the temp). Let's call it 720 (the thermometer is marked with 25 degree increments). As for why you'd want that amount of heat: the shorter the cooking time of a pizza the less the crust dries out. And it does not burn once you figure out how long it takes for a pizza to cook. I'm still working on figuring that out so that I don't have to keep opening the lid.
1887749
Absolutely not. Pizza needs top heat as well as bottom, this does not cook that way.