my pizza sticks and burns?
575768
A little cornmeal under the pizza will keep it from sticking... and add flavor to the pizza..
575769
You have to make sure you preheat the stone for a couple of minutes on "2".
575770
This product is a hit, you can get a pizza in 4 minutes.Simply follow the instructions and note the time of preheating and cooking. After each pizza wipe the surface of the stone any food. Take special care with the cheese not to spill much on the surface, if spilled, simply wipe the stone well with paddles. The taste and texture of the pizza is amazing.
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.
1941607
What were you cooking? I have never had anything stick to mine, I can literally burn a piece of cheese to my frying pan and it will slide rite off.... I do use olive oil in a Misto oil sprayer http://www.amazon.com/Misto-Brushed-Aluminum-Olive-Sprayer/dp/B00004SPZV/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388543986&sr=8-2&keywords=misto with olive oil in it... These pans do not need high heat, I have noticed low is like medium in other pans and a little under medium is like high, they are very conductive, try lowering your heat and don't put food on a cold pan.
1592985
How sticky was your dough? Perhaps try placing your dough into a bowl of flour, and then kneading it out on your counter (or pizza peel). Also, you might want to make sure your stone is heated well enough before you transfer your dough to the stone. I would place the stone on the lowest rack of your oven, and try cook your dough at a temp of at least 450 degrees, but even higher if you can....up to 550. I had the same problem the first time, but after making a few adjustments, it now works great, and I have used it at least 10 times since without problem. Best of luck with it! You will get it.
421707
No not that I have noticed. It does take a lot of effort to scrub off the burned on food.Not "no-stick" surface!
576199
Mine has a little stain on it from some tomato sauce from a pizza I burned, but when I don't burn anything on it I haven't stained it. This one is pretty hard to stain. You essentially have to have something that naturally stains and then have it burn in the oven on the mat, but even then, mine looks like the stain is coming out in the wash. The stain keeps getting smaller each time I wash it.
783857
Sadly, I can't tell for sure: my only question is, Do you leave the stone plate inside the oven during the warm-up phase? If you don't (just a guess) that might explain why the bottom of the dough takes longer to cook, otherwise I'd be as lost as you are. My pizzas cook perfectly on all sides. Good luck.
2023796
That's just the way it is with a pizza stone. Let it go. Scrubbing it with water can harm it. If you put it in the oven while it still has moisture in it it could crack. Just wipe it off with a damp sponge and let it air dry.
1669731
sorry, can't help--never had hot spots or burning of food. i've only had it for months tho so who knows.
1792748
Use the stone as a template to cut a round of parchment paper. Put your dough on the paper that you've placed on the peel. Put paper and pizza on hot stone to bake. The paper will scorch, but not catch fire. You will have a perfectly crisp crust and zero sticking...the pizza will slide right off the paper!! Hope that helps!
1936382
I don't know but we have cooked pizza on a pizza stone. It depends on how long you let the wood burn. Charcoal would be hotter. Always depends on outside temp.
595285
Hmmm. Mine is pretty well seasoned so nothing really sticks even when I overcook. I wonder what would happen if you heated it up again (with good ventilation so your smoke alarm doesn't go off!). Maybe it would burn off like what you'd do with your gas grill. It might even help to brush some cooking oil on the remnants to help them burn/flake off. Otherwise I guess you can try just scraping with something that won't scratch it too much; maybe try wetting the grills a little by placing some wet cloths on them (since you can't actually soak them); then either scrape or see if it will cook off once the burnt stuff is softer. Good luck. I hope I'll be able to see a response that states how you made out.
1909380
No. It will damage both anti-stick Teflon layer as well as the metallic body of the pan.. As its non-stick, simply slip the pizza off the pan over a wooden cutting board and cut it with pizza rolling blade..
387150
No,this has no heat control so it will burn the crust ,I would not buy this item
979398
it came with preseason, do not use heat directly on the thing it will warp, try use the oven heat with 400 when it is hot, use olive oil or any oil all over it, bake it for 5 minutes until it is smoking, then let it cool, clean with paper or cloth then you are done.
2023797
I have a 20+ year pizza stone that is now dark brown. Don't try to clean it, just let it happen. It develops a wonderful non-stick surface with age. All I do is scrape whatever will come off with a nylon scraper under very hot water.
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.