Best Baking Stone for Oven

👤I have ever smelled a pizza stone that was toxic. I wonder what the chemicals were that were in my pizza. It is hard to get the smell out of your house after you use it. Don't buy.

👤After I heated them, my wife still smelled the chemical smell in the kitchen for 6 hours. The windows were open and the stones were still emitting an odor. Same thing, rinsed stones.

👤I bought this to help distribute the heat in the oven. Our food has cooked up great and it fit perfectly.

👤I liked everything about this product.

👤I left in the oven for a long time so it didn't work well, but it's neat and medium weight and should work well if I stay in the oven for a long time.

👤I was considering purchasing this item over another one, and noticed that several reviews stated a strong odor. I decided to take a chance because of the other reviews, the price, the surface area, and the thickness. The instructions state to rinse and dry. After two cycles of thoroughly rinsing both the top and bottom of the stone, I could smell an odor. The smell faded quickly. I put the stone in the oven and heated it to 500 degrees for 30 minutes after towel drying it. No odors were detected by myself or my roommates during this time.

👤I bought this stone to replace a pizza stone that broke after many years of use. Since my previous pizza stone didn't have a brand mark, I started researching pizza stones. I chose this stone because I thought it was a good bet. I couldn't have been more wrong. I put the pizza stone in the oven after cleaning it to get it ready for use. I put it in the lowest rack in the oven and set it to 450. In the middle of winter, I had to open all of the windows and doors in my house because of the smokey smell and run outside until the smoke cleared. My eyes and nose were burning. Ok, new material... It needs to burn off. I did this a few more times to get the heat out of the stone. The smoke and smell seemed to go away after that. I used the stone a few times a week. I was never happy with the performance of this stone, I know my way around a pizza stone. I knew that it was mostly trial and error to get the right combination of time and temperature, so I just hadn't hit the sweet spot yet. I put our homemade pizzas on the stone and waited for the timer to go off, because I had used the last few times. I opened the oven and was hit with a smokey, stinging, chemical smell again after hearing the little ding. My eyes, nose and throat started to burn. I immediately turned off the oven, turned on the fan, and opened the windows and doors to take my family outside. The smoke continued. After a few minutes of smelling the foul smelling smoke, I realized that I had no choice but to get rid of it. I ran back inside, grabbed my oven mitt, and threw the smoking stone out the front door. My house still smells like burned chemicals, my eyes, nose and throat still burn, and I am starting my search for a new pizza stone. Don't buy this stone.

👤This product definitely wasn't sold as described, so never write reviews. The smell of the stone clearing the house is enough to clear it. The dough tastes like a chemical injection when it is sold as food safe. Will have to read the un paid reviews next time. Hope this helps someone.

👤It's unbelievable! It is said that the pizza stone on Amazon is a horrible product or my product. I noticed a foul odor coming from my oven when I first started preheating. I wrote it off as the curing process. Pizza tasted good. The second time I used it, there was some smoke, but I thought it was oil from the first pizza, but still a foul chemical smell in the smoke. I took the stone out of the oven and cooked the pizza on the rack after heating it up for the third time. I had to leave for an hour. I cleaned it with water after I used it for the second time. It is too late to return the stone because I don't eat pizza every week. I would love to hear from you on Amazon. It was bought on 4/29/17.

👤I was a little concerned when I saw that the stone was not English or German. We used it right out of the box because the seller on Amazon stated that no seasoning was required. There was no smell of chemicals when the stone was hot. We were very happy with our first pizza. We used the "best pizza dough recipe" from Sugar Spun Run. The easiest way to get our pizza into the oven was to bake it on the paper on the stone. We will definitely be doing more pizzas with this stone.

👤I don't know why a pizza stone went out of favor. My mother bought it in the early 1960's and it is twice the size of the one I have, it is coal black from decades of use. I decided to get my older brother a pizza stone after 3 years because he had been looking for one for a long time. It arrives in a well packaged box, wrapped in plastic and cradled in squishy foam. It has a nice weight and no weird smell. The pizza peal is a nice touch, but for the price, it's more like a toss in item to bring value. I'm exited that I finally found a well made pizza stone, rarer then hens teeth, and as a cook and baker, they really do make the difference and you should always leave it in the oven.

👤I was very disappointed. The bottom of the pizza fell apart when I used this. I thought I had to keep it in the oven longer, but now it's stuck and I can't get it out. I have no idea what's wrong with this thing because the instructions are in German. Thank you for ruining the pizzas. I hope I can return the box. Don't waste your money.

👤Making homemade pizza stinks in the summertime because it gets so hot from running the oven. I use this in my Traeger pellet bbq and can crank it up to 500 degrees to get wood fired pizzas with a crisp crust outside and keep my house cool. It's rectangular shape works well in my smoker and the wooden peel is a bonus. Highly recommend!

👤I like the shape of it. Gets hot for the food. Adding the pizza is a nice touch. Accommodates both ovens. Don't beat your self up if you try to clean it up. Let the oils soak in.

👤The pizza stone works well on the grill. It is easy to clean and a great value. It took pizza night at our house to a whole new level. The pizza is perfect because the stone helps heat the top. I don't think I'll ever go back to my old way of making pizza.

👤I had a brick pizza oven. The temp in the oven was very hot and the stone worked well. Pizzas were cooked in about 90 seconds. My son is building an oven for me and I will be ordering again.

👤I waited until I used my stone several times to write my review. I've used it 6 times. The stone came quickly and was packaged. I followed all the directions. I was excited to find a thick stone to bake my pizzas. I wanted $200 for a pizza stone stove that was specific to me. When I found this stone, I thought I had found a bargain. There is a But... As the stone is heated up, there is an odor. I have heated the stone from a cold oven for 45 minutes after it reached a temperature. I set mine at 450. My husband is trying to get rid of that stone because of the smell. I sent an email to the company last week, but haven't received a response yet. I would like to return it, but I'm not sure if I'll hear from them. I don't want to use it again. Sam from the company has been in touch with me. He is responsive to his needs and stands by his product. I received another stone yesterday. I will heat this stone up and see what happens. Sam thinks that the chemical smell on the stone may have been returned and used by someone. Not sure... It didn't look like it was being used. More to come.

👤This is the best pizza stone I have ever owned. I was tired of buying thin stones at local stores as they would tend to last a year or less before breaking, even though I took good care of them. I am very pleased with the results after just a few attempts at making my own pizza, the thicker stone really does a nice job at getting the bottom crust evenly brown. Stone was packaged well and arrived in perfect condition. I saved the box and padding just in case I ever need to take the stone out of my oven and store it for a long period of time, because the manufacturer's packaging is so good. It stays in the oven most of the time. The stone is not cheap at $50. Over the years, I have spent twice that amount on cheaper, thinner stones that failed. I think this stone will last me a long time, and it's nice and thick. The thickness makes it cook better than the thinner stones I used in the past. I wish I had bought one a long time ago. I hope this is the last pizza stone I need. I have only had this for a couple of months. I have used it a lot and it shows no signs of wear and tear. I have tested it out on my oven twice to make sure it was durable, and it came through both times with no issues. I have had other stones crack in the past. I use a no-knead pizza dough that I let rise on the counter for 8 hours and then put into a 1-gallon plastic bag and refrigerated for at least another 12 hours, which is even better for flavor. The way the dough is made in the home oven seems to make it the way I like it. I do not weigh my ingredients. I use about 2 cups of bread flour. I add salt, oil, yeast, and honey or sugar to get them started. I put the stone in a cold oven and preheat it for about an hour. The middle rack is the best location for the stone in my oven. The bottom rack had a faster cook than the top. The top was cooking faster than the bottom on the upper rack. My pizzas found their place in my oven after I tried the middle rack. Your mileage may be different. If you use the pre-made dough in a can, be sure to use the recommended oven temp, even if you use the stone. The first one I did at 550F was assumed to cook these the same way as my home-made dough. It was a big mistake. The pizza was done to my liking, but the bottom crust was too dark. I don't like the taste of sugar in canned dough, and I think it's the reason the dough gets over-browned/burned so fast.

👤The fumes are toxic. I had to remove the stone from the house twice. I tried to cook on it but it didn't hold heat well enough to bake the Sourdough loaf and pizza that I was planning on making. Stay away.

👤These are great for making flatbread pizzas, calzones, or whatever you want to bake. I use mine on my Traeger pellet grill. It gives the wood fired pizza oven a nice flavor. The stones are very heavy and well constructed. I think they're a good choice.

👤Must have for travel trailer ovens. We have owned ovens and they have never cooked evenly. We found the perfect solution.

👤I bought this stone because it is the same size as the shelf in my RV oven. RV ovens have a tube that goes right out of the oven. This creates a hot zone in the middle, and it gets cold on the sides. The burner tube has a shelf on top of it, which means the bottom of the food will burn before the top gets done. The pizza stone diffuses the heat so it cooks more evenly.

👤It is being used in the camper oven for better heat distribution. It works well!

👤It was perfect in my camper oven. It makes a big difference in the baking of biscuits or pizza.

👤It's a perfect fit for an oven that's notorious for hot spots. Evens out the heat.

👤A very large stone. After a couple months of use, I started to smell like plastic. The house smells.

👤I spoke to the seller. There was no response from the person who said that the stone explosion was noxious gas fumes to the point. You can't die. I had a parakEET death because of this product. It's not safe to use it around pets.

👤The smell is terrible when this is used in an oven. My eyes are stinging and my house stinks. I would like to return it, hoping for a response from the seller.

👤Stone had a terrible smell on first use. Same result after trying it 2 more times. Throw it away.

👤I read the bad reviews, but people weren't using rite. It takes 2 hours of pre heating to make heavy food, and 3 hours to cook it. I think so.

👤The pizza stone box stated that it was.65 inch thick, but it was not. It wasn't as advertised.

👤I was looking for an oven stone to bake bread in. I bought it because I saw it on prime day. I think it is great. It is a nice size oven stone. There was no off gassing from this stone. I wiped it down with a dry cloth. Before heating it up, it should be completely dry. It shouldn't be seasoned either. I heated it up to 250 for 30 minutes and then raised it to 450 for an hour to burn off fumes but there was no off gassing. I've used it to make a few pizzas. Food items can be thrown away. I heated this stone in my oven for over an hour without any problems. It takes time to heat up. It's probably not heating the stone up long enough for people to complain about pizzas not being cooked in the middle. I put the stone in my cold and turned the heat up to get it to go to that temp, then left it there for about an hour. Then I cook my homemade pizza at 500 degrees and then turn the temp down to 400. Pizza dough was very good and very firm. This stone is perfect for an oven stone. Give your stone enough time to come up to temp. I would suggest you heat it up for an hour after the oven reaches a certain temperature.

👤I looked at a number of different pizza stone options before making a decision. I like the idea of rectangular because it will be used for loaves of bread. I learned after using it that it is easier to place a pizza in a rectangular shape. I put mine in the oven because it is longer front to back. It gives me more space to put my food in the container. I never had an issue with the smell. This thing is not impervious. I read that it should be put in the oven for a few hours. I tried that. I don't know if it made a difference. I washed it with plain water. When I pressed the steel sink against the stone chip, I saw the corners. I should handle it with care as it is a brittle stone. Yes, the stone is discolored. I don't see how that is the stone's fault. The space on both sides is the same. I'll use one side of the pizza to make it brown because it will have burnt cheese, spilled sauce and other things. My wife is making bread. I don't know if this will help. She'll have a clean slate without my mess. I would buy it again. I have increased my pizza baking from using cookie sheets because of the great size. If I could only learn how to use a peel.

👤The only thing I wanted was the stone and peel. Neither are large. I am making pizza for two people. The pie server and cutter is $10 at a Walmart. Pizza is easy to clean. I am content.

👤This pizza stone and pizza peel is very special to us. We heated the stone at 500 degrees F while we made the pizzas on top of silicone mats, and then easily transferred them to the pizza peel and from the pizza peel to the heated stone in the oven. The pizzas were delicious and cooked in 10 minutes. Make sure the peel is not too thin so that the pizza can slide on it before it transfers to the stone.

👤This pizza stone is disappointing. The process of unboxing was easy and it looked great, but it stuck to the stone in some areas, even though I added flour to the pizza. Some pieces were stuck on to the stone after I peeled it off. I cleaned it according to the instructions. I tried using the other side again and it stuck onto the stone.

👤The pizza stone has always been in the oven. We tried it on the grill. It works well. Put stone on the grill. We lightly toast the pizza dough on the stone. Remove the dough from the stone. The pizza should be put on the stone. The pizza cooks quickly.

👤This was the first time I used a pizza stone. The pizza was good. There were no complaints about it. The stone is not large enough for a pizza. The slide is not good. It was too small. It was much too small. It makes it hard to use. The accessories it comes with are ok. Nothing special but doesn't seem cheap. I keep this stone because it makes good pizza, but I would buy something else if I knew how small it was. That pizza slide is special.

👤It's impossible to clean unless you want to flip it upside down and burn off all of the remnants. It takes longer to cook pizza than it does. Not big enough for a pizza.

👤The pizza was ruined when I didn't let the stone heat up because I didn't want the pizza to stick to it. The second time I heated up the stone I used more flour on the bottom of the dough and it was better. It was still in some areas. I was able to get it up. I have a stone that works better. Don't buy this product, it's low quality.

👤I had better luck with my spatula than the pizza peel. When I tried to slide the pizza in the oven, it was destroyed. I seasoned the stone because it sticks like glue. Don't buy.

👤I knew I would like this pizza stone, peel, and cutter when I opened the box. The materials are of the highest grade and the bamboo wood looks gorgeous on display in my kitchen. I've been making pizzas in the oven on a cookie sheet for years, but felt like I was ready to make a pizza stone. I wish I'd made the investment sooner. The results I'm able to get with this stone have been charged by my pizza game. I thought a professional oven would provide the crispiest crust, but I was able to achieve it both in the oven and on my grill. In the oven, I put the stone in the oven and let it heat up for 20 minutes before laying the dough on it. Once it's on the stone, the dough starts to get nice crisp on it and I let the oven do the rest to melt the cheese and make it all bubbly. I've tried homemade dough and pre-made dough from the grocery store and they both work well on this stone. It's a good fit on the grill. I have a standard weber grill that goes on any grill you have. I'm excited to grill smoking chips to add some flavor to my food. When it's done, I grab the pizza peel and pretend I'm a real pizza chef, taking out the oven or off the grill. The edge has a wedge shape to help it slide under the pizza. Then the cutter's sharp blade slices it in half. It all cleans up very easy. I've been looking for pizza stones for a while now and I'm glad I bought one. I've heard of stones that gave off an odd odor or were of poor quality. Not this one. I plan to make pizzas for many years to come and my friends and family will appreciate it.

👤This set makes it easy to get that brick oven flavor at home, even though most places are still closed. It has everything you need to make a great pizza. I was a bit skeptical that the pizza wouldn't get fried. I was wrong. It makes a mean pizza, and the included pizza paddle makes it easy to slide a cooked pizza out and a fresh one in. I'm glad I got a pizza cutter blade instead of one of those blade wheels that would jam with cheese. I wouldn't recommend using the wooden peel as a cutting board as it would make pizzas harder to cut later on. I prefer a rectangular pizza stone over a circular one because I can do both circular and square ones on it. I don't need a cookie tray to get that soft chewy flavor because it's a great surface for pastries. I don't see why it wouldn't be machine washed. It's easy to clean even if it isn't. One side is glazed and the other side is not. If you're looking for a great pizza stone, this is it.

👤The pizza stone cracked for the first time. I didn't want to give it any stars.

👤I replaced one of the thin-ish round pizza stones that you'd find at a typical grocery store with this. The old one was double the thickness and I feel pretty sure it won't crack like this one. When I first got this, I baked it at a higher temperature than my old stone, which made the odor that comes with these things when they're new and again, unlike my old stone, go away. The old stone was not nice when it was new. If you're coming from a thinner stone, you'll need to spend more time in the oven before it's "pre-heated." Calibration is going to be done. I put the first pizza in too early and it didn't cook the way I wanted it to. The second of the two that I cooked after the stone had more time to heat up was perfect. The pizza peel is on the small side, but it is one solid piece, which is great. The two-piece peels make me uneasy when I'm making the transfer. I'm not worried about this one breaking.

👤The pizza stone said in the description that there will be no smell. Before I used it, I cleaned it with JUST water and let it dry. The kitchen smelled like diesel fumes when I started preheating the stone in the oven. I was hoping it would go away quickly. No, it did not. I baked some dough to see if the smell would affect the flavor. Thankfully it did not. The pizza was great. There was no weird flavor in the bottom and middle. The smell of the stone was so strong that I got a headaches. Hopefully that odor will decrease after use. Time will tell. Either way, I will update this review. The peel is already warped after 1 use and needs a quick rinse and drying with a dish towel.

👤The pizza stone can be used as a tandoor oven. I made great garlic nanches. It makes Chinese scallion pancakes extra delicious. I love it!

👤Consistently makes a good crust. I've only used store bought dough so far, but I'll try to make it from scratch. Make sure you preheat stone for 25 minutes before grilling. It's a good size for a large amount of pies. I would recommend it to a friend.

👤I wanted to cut the stones to fit in my oven, so I bought two of them. That worked out well. The stones retain water. They have worked out well for me. The included pizza peel made me pick these stones among others that were almost the same type and cost. It is too small and thick to be worth anything. It wouldn't hold a baguette and it wouldn't hold a personal size pizza. It wouldn't be possible to slip it under anything. The stone is worth something.

👤Miniature pizzas that are 6 inches in diameter might work out for you. It's not going to happen to cook a proper 10-14 inch pizza. The pizza stone needs to be closer to 15x15 than it is to 15x12 because of the tiny peel. The stone will cause a mess on the bottom of the oven. If you have space restrictions in your oven that is the only time this will work out.

👤I found this stone in the box after I received it. This is a very dirty stone.

👤I bought this stone in May 2020. I noticed a crack in the stone after using it for a month. After only 3 months in August 2020. The stone is useless. It cracked in half. I have been using it according to the instructions, but not very much. It was a disappointment for such an expensive item. The seller never responded to my email after I contacted them. Customer service and quality of an item are horrible. This pizza stone is not something I would recommend.

👤I bought a couple of stones for my house in the States and a house in the Caribbean. When I was a freshman in college, I started working at the first hole-in-the-wall pizza place in the area called DomiNicks, which was owned by Tom and James Monahan. Tom brought out his brother and changed the name to Dominos. I've owned a Wine Spectator Award, a beach front restaurant on the island that serves the best thin crust pizza in the Caribbean, and I have a little credibility in the pizza game. I like to cook at home. I ordered the Solido stone's for my houses. These are heavy and well made, and they do the job. You won't be disappointed if you just buy the things and make some great pie at home.

👤This does make good pizza according to other reviews. Until it breaks. As the oven was heating, having followed all care instructions to the letter, CRACK, as the oven was. Two clean. There is no warranty or returns. Very poor. This is not the place to review the stone, not this particular seller. They may have a better policy. 3 months? Is it worth getting a new one?

👤I have had a baking stone for over a decade. I bake a lot of pizza and bread so I needed a sturdy one that would stand up to wear and tear. I found cheap and thin ones in the kitchenware stores, but they are a waste of money. When I read the great reviews for this stone, I was a little skeptical. I wondered, "how much do these people use the stone?" Occasionally pizza? I placed my order after reading the product specifications. I was surprised by the quality of the stone. The stone was as thick as my old stone, with ridges on the bottom to increase strength. I used it right away and it was great. It fills the bottom rack of my oven. Almost all of it is in depth. The stone is large enough for a pizza or loaves of bread. This stone has had no issues so far, because I mist my oven with water to create steam. I was very happy with the purchase.

👤I would like to like this stone but I am still longing for my old Pampered Chef that broke 15 years ago. The replacement is heavy and sticky and doesn't work for me. I need a stone that a teenager can use. Lifting cinder blocks is similar to this. I don't recommend it for everyday family use. I won't put cookies on it like my old one.

👤The future of humanity depends on this review being read by Amanda Hamilton. The machines will take over if the review is not seen by the person who ordered the Heritage Pizza Stone. I bought this pizza stone because my lovely domestic partner in crime is not graceful or sober most of the time. She tried to remove the pizza stone from the oven with her hand. The dogs are in danger of being eaten by the delicious smells from the molten fragments on the kitchen floor. The Heritage Pizza Stone was undamaged. We took it on its maiden voyage last night, and as advertised, it got hot in the oven and suspended a frozen California Pizza Kitchen pizza above the ominous heating elements below. The pizza had a delightfully crisp crust, just like we like it. It came out without the topping because the domestic partner in crime decided that she would use a large spatula to pull the pizza out of the over. The spatula was found under the cheese. The low carb is for the win. This glowing review should inspire a series of world saving events that will lead to a pizza utopia for all of us.

👤I have owned pizza stones before. I like them. They broke easily after many years of use. I decided to try this stone out because of the black top coating. I have noticed that simple detail makes a difference. The stones I used in the past did not have this detail. I am able to use soap to give me reassurance that my dishes are actually clean because of the black top coat. I used to not be able to use soap on my stone ware. This product stays in the oven. I use it to make frozen pizzas, bake frozen biscuits, and when I cook a dish, I sit it on top of the stone. When I need to wash the stone, it goes back into the oven. The stone also had a pizza cutter. It is very nice. I absolutely adore my pizza cutter. The cutter is of the highest quality. It is smooth and cuts well. This product is very good. The sellers told me if I had any issues after I received the product, but I didn't. Excellent customer service. I will purchase from this seller again.

👤My ex-wife got a large pampered chef stone when I started out. I looked at a stone that was not worth much. I stumbled across this stone while looking for a replacement and it was a lucky accident. This thing is large. It won't fit in my oven. It's a good size. I've eaten pizza on it so far. I also make biscuits, cinnamon rolls and bread on this stone, and I haven't found anything that wouldn't work on it. I found a slot in my cookie sheet cabinet where I could clean up easily. This stone is going to be a premium product that will last.

👤If you think about making your own pizza at home, this is a no-brainer. I used to use a cookie sheet upside down, but this does everything as advertised. After about a year, you can buy it edit. It cracked while using it. I am not sure what caused it. I just left it in the oven when it mentioned that from the manufacturer. I will be looking for a different stone. Update! There is a After talking to the seller. They were able to help me out with my issues and got a replacement in less than a week. I was surprised that I got it quickly. I will shop more from this seller.