How to keep my pizza stone from smoking?
We have 5 year old a pizza stone that use to make homemade pizzas, pita bread, etc...
For as long as I can remember every time we preheat it in the oven (before adding any food on it) it produces a huge amount of smoke. The oven is clean.
Depending on what we're using it for the temperature varies, but on average I'd say ~400°F. I'm not 100% sure of the stone material, but I would guess Cordierite because it looks similar to this stone.
Is there anyway to prevent the smoke?
Best Answer
(1) Wikihow suggests "As a last resort, soak your stone in water," and also "Baking soda is a sodium bicarbonate and is great for cleaning off dirt and grease," and lastly, an a one-shot hail mary, "Using The Self-Cleaning Function."
http://www.wikihow.com/Clean-a-Pizza-Stone
(2) Caveat: I've not tried any of these methods myself. I bake pizza on a flat cast iron pan, which I use for everything else. It works fine, you can put a bit of oil on the bottom of the pan.
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Why is my new pizza stone smoking?
Various fats from the pizza ingredients such as pepperoni will melt, too. Pizza stones are porous, and they're going to absorb the liquid. This makes it so that oil will be present on various parts of the pizza stone. When you're using the pizza stone to bake a pizza, the stone might start smoking at some point.Should I oil my pizza stone?
You should not oil your pizza stone because the stone's porous surface does not season as a cast-iron skillet does. In fact, seasoning a pizza stone does not offer any benefits.What do you put on a pizza stone to keep it from sticking?
The main reason you sprinkle cornmeal or flour onto the bottom of your pizza tray or pizza stone is so that it will stick to the bottom of the pizza dough. This way when it cooks it won't stick to the pan.Why did my pizza stone turned black?
Why is my pizza stone black? Pizza stones are made of a porous material so they absorb fats and oils from your pizza. Over time, this will darken the stone. This is not harmful to your pizza stone and it does not affect cooking performance or flavor in any way.Pizza Stone Bricks VS Steel (15% Cooking difference)
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Answer 2
Does it smell like pizza grease? I'm guessing it's probably absorbed a lot of oil from your pizzas. You can try to burn it off by leaving it in a hot oven until it stops smoking.
If you're able to get it back to its original state, cleaning it in between uses is a good idea if you don't do that already. If something spills on it while it's cooking, thoroughly dampen a paper towel, grasp it with a pair of long tongs, and use that to rub the spill away. I've used that trick both at home, and in commercial stone-decked pizza ovens, and it works great.
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