Product Description

* Pizza stone duplicates crispy pizzeria-style crust * Firebrick construction offers superior heat retention and distribution * Flat surface releases pizza or bread quickly and easily * Durable texture resists cracking caused by high temperatures * Measures 14 by 16 inches; includes recipe collection

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3738 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: natural clay
• Brand: Old Stone
• Model: 4467
• Released on: 2003-09-18
• Dimensions: 3.30" h x 17.40" w x 18.10" l,

Features

• Pizza stone duplicates crispy pizzeria-style crust
• Firebrick construction offers superior heat retention and distribution
• Flat surface releases pizza or bread quickly and easily
• Durable texture resists cracking caused by high temperatures
• Measures 14 by 16 inches; includes recipe collection

Amazon.com Review
Professional pizza and traditional European bread ovens are often lined with stone or brick. This is so heat is stored up and redistributed evenly. The resulting blast of heat from the Old Stone Oven rectangular pizza stone gives bread and pizza a nice chewy crust. The rustic French tarts called galettes are also well suited to a baking stone. To use the stone, place it in a cold oven and preheat to 500 degrees for pizza, or according to the recipe for bread or galettes. The stone is made of the same material that lines blast furnaces and kilns, so it can handle ultra-high temperatures.

Wait until the baking stone is entirely cooled before attempting to clean it. Let it dry completely before using again. Some discoloration will occur over time; this is natural and will not affect baking. Using baking parchment may help delay that discoloration. Do not bake cookies, turnovers or other high-fat items on the stone; the stone would absorb the fat and proceed to produce smoke and bad odors. The stone comes with a flyer that contains detailed use and cleaning instructions, as well as recipes for bread, pizza dough, and two pizza toppings. --Garland Withers

Amazon.com Product Description
The Old Stone Oven 14-by-16-inch pizza stone meets the needs of crust lovers everywhere with its moisture-absorbing thick bottom, which delivers superior heat retention and distribution for crisper, more satisfying crusts. The stone is made of the same firebrick material that lines blast furnaces and kilns, so it's accustomed to high temperatures, and its porous texture resists cracking caused by thermal shock. The flat surface of the stone easily releases the pizza when cooked, or holds it in place if the stone is used as a serving tray. The stone is also appropriate for baking bread or rolls, and its heat-retaining qualities make it an ideal warming tray for pancakes or potatoes. For those who don't have a tried-and-true pizza recipe to follow, the stone even includes its own recipe collection.

Customer Reviews

Great for pizza
What is there to say abut something as unglamorous as a stone except that it does its job extremely well. What makes the best pizzeria pies much better than home baked ones is the crispy underside and tender upper side to the dough. To do this requires a quick bake in a very hot oven and a mean to draw the moisture from the bottom of the crust. We accomplish this by baking in our outside closed BBQ and the baking stone. The higher temperatures and baking stone makes the best home made pizza we have ever made and better than most store pizza's. Highly recommended.

broken in 4 pieces, poor packaging
Requested a replacement. Customer service was good when I called. New stone is being sent 2-day w/o charge. I was told not to send the broken stone back, however I am saving the box, rubble, and shipping labels just in case.

After reading so many "broken" reviews, I had expected it to be a gamble. I tried to explain to the customer service rep about the lack of proper packaging. We'll see the next shipment.

Will update when the 2nd stone is received.

Poor packaging; stone arrived broken
Really shoddy packing job -- the outer shipping box was crushed and I could hear the stone shaking around before I even opened the package. And when I did open it, the stone was broken into three pieces.

I am requesting a replacement. Let's see if this one actually arrives intact.