Stone cooking

[AJS-]

Anyone do this? I've eaten stone cooked stuff and it's lovely, now I'd quite like to get some cooking stones.

Things like that are hard to find where I live though (in Bangkok) and I don't really want to pay an extortionate price for what is after all just a lump of stone, to be shipped half way around the world.

So the obvious thing is to go out into the hills and look for a lump of stone. Any particular types of stones to avoid or to particularly look out for? And what sort of dimensions work best? The hills to the west of here look to be limestone and also some sort of volcanic rock.

Any better ideas before I go charging around Thailand pulling up lumps of rock?

[otherman]

So what is the stone supposed to impart to the cooking process? If its just a manner of delivering heat, then a paving slab should do you fine

[AJS-]

I believe it's having an even, consistent and not too fierce heat. Grills lacking consistency and frying pans being too fierce, hence needing fat/butter/oil to avoid burning the meat.

That and I like messing around with stuff.

[Du1point8]

If you want a stone that you pick up make sure its not too porous, as these can hold moisture and the stone can explode on you when heating.

Remember that and I can't see any reason why and old stone can't be used.

[Bezerk]

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/83912-pizza-st...

[Du1point8]

Bezerk said:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/83912-pizza-st...

OP is on about stones that you directly heat and cook on, like on a table, not a pizza stone that is heated in the oven, then a pizza placed on top and it placed in the oven again.

this is stone cooking:

http://www.rokcooking.com/

http://www.hotstones.com/Videos/Hot-Stone-Demo.mpg

[AJS-]

I suppose a pizza stone could work - mind you things like that are outrageously expensive, as I'd probably have to go to the European supermarket and buy a Spongidinglio one for the thick end of £100.

Unglazed quarry tiles look promising and they're cheap enough to save me a trip to the hills.

Thanks all!

[AJS-]

Bought some unglazed quarry tiles this morning and I've just cooked a bit of bacon on them. Delicious. I think it's the even heat, it just cooked nice and crisp all the way through. Mmm. More to investigate here.