And that’s it! Let us know if you have any questions in the comments below. We’re two cookbook authors with a passion for homemade pizza, and we’ve been using pizza stones for years. However, pizza stones are infamously fragile and can easily crack when handling them, so it’s important to know the best way to handle them. Here’s all about how to clean a pizza stone—the right way! When should you consider cleaning a pizza stone? If you end end up with big chunks of food on your pizza stone, you’ll want to clean off the larger pieces of food.
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Keep your stone in the oven at all times. This way it will be in the oven for the preheat and cool down, and won’t undergo drastic temperature changes. Minimize handling. Moving the stone in and out of the oven can cause cracks. Do this as minimally as possible. Avoid submerging the stone in water or oiling it. See the “How to clean” section above.
Some cheaper pizza stones aren’t designed to withstand very high temperatures. Check the specifications before you buy your stone (this pizza stone can withstand up to 2000°F). Don’t worry about it — you can actually still use a cracked stone! All you have to do is keep the two halves of the stone next to each other in the oven. Since you don’t need to take the stone out of the oven, it works the same whether it’s whole or broken!
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