When you cook a pizza on a rack, cookie sheet, or pizza pan in an oven there are some uneven heat things going on. Metal conducts heat better than air, as it's denser, so you may get uneven spots on the crust, like burn marks or patterns. A pizza stone is a dense piece of earth element that will heat up to the oven temperature, leaving the surface even and with a uniform heat This gives you better results. Commercial pizza ovens are of two basic kinds -- the ones with the conveyor for delivery places and some companies, and the ones with big ovens where you use a pell to put pizza in and take it out. This second kind of oven, which is considered to be a far better way to cook a pizza by professionals, has a stone surface where the pizza goes. This makes the heat more even and gives a better finish to the bottom of the pie.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Charles Rivard > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 11:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Using my new pizza stone > > I have never understood the use of a pizza stone, and am just curious > about why and how they are used. Thanks, Bill, for bringing up the > topic. > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Deatherage" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 11:29 PM > Subject: [CnD] Using my new pizza stone > > > > Hello, > > Debbie Got me a pizza stone for an early birthday present. I am > > planning on using it sometime this week. I have a few questions: > > first of all, if I put the pizza crust in a pizza pan and then put it > > on the stone do I need to put some oil on the stone before I use it? > > Second what does the stone do for the crust? Does it help distribute > > the heat evenly or does it add something to the taste?? Another > > question is; could you use the stone when baking bread or roles?? Or > > is there other things you can use the stone for baking than just > pizza > > crust? I am looking forward to using it. When I heard about one I > want to get one to have fun using it. > > Thanks in advance, for everyones help on the list. I enjoy reading > > everyones messages. I have learned so much and I look forward to all > > the information there is to learn. > > Have a good day.. > > Bill Deatherage > > -- > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
