Pizza stone

[xyz123]

Hi, i don't have the luxury of a pizza oven and only have a standard electric oven. I was having a look at these pizza stones to have pizza with crispy bottom. I guess the stone needs to be in oven for a quite some time so it can get really hot.

Any experience or recommendations?

Thanks

[21TonyK]

I suggest moving this to FD&R. Then googling "pan pizza".

[DoubleSix]

Pizza stones are great.

We make a lot of homemade pizza but even a shop bought will improved by a pizza stone.

Just remember to put it in the oven at the same time you turn it on so it heats up slowly.

[Pheo]

We have one, works well provided you have the oven on full blast and preheat it

[C0ffin D0dger]

We've got on that I use when making homemade pizza. Does a good job of cooking the base. As mentioned get it nice and hot first.

[hornmeister]

I just use a baking tray with greaseproof paper on. Get it and the oven up to temperature before putting the pizza on it.

[Flibble]

I have a stone, as others have said, put it in a cold oven and warm it up to max heat. Takes about 30 minutes. Then the pizza will cook in about ten.

[xyz123]

Thanks for replies. Next stop is Amazon to find a pizza stone...!

[Mykap]

We use a Benehacks pizza stone (Amazon) on a gas bbq for cooking pizza.

Always a brilliant results and wouldn't cook a pizza any other way, also great in the oven as well.( I'd like a Unni but SWMBO has had enough of my outdoor cooking obsession- 2 charcoal grills, a pellet smoker and a chargriller side box smoker).

[sospan]

Son has a pizza business in Cardiff with two fixed sites ( one in Cardiff market - shameless plug!! ), and two vans with food fired ovens in all 4. Neapolitan pizzas.
He has done tv and radio shows ( tv road trip last year to world championships in Italy) and has cooked pizzas in a frying pan in the studios.Cast iron preferred and allowed to get hot as hell. It is the heat that counts. His ovens run at 400degC plus and cook a pizza in no time.
So if you want a pizza stone get your oven HOT. Avoid chiiled or frozen toppings or prepared pizzas.
Last Christmas he did special Christmas pizzas with.....sprouts. I dare you!

[shirt]

I used to use a thick ceramic floor tile from b&q, same idea just larger and cheaper.

[rfisher]

Been looking to get a stone for a while but I quite fancy cast iron instead.

Anyone know which is best?

(I note the previous post).

[DoubleSix]

shirt said:

I used to use a thick ceramic floor tile from b&q, same idea just larger and cheaper.

One for the ‘Things cheap people do’ thread.

A pizza stone is about £15 ffs

[21TonyK]

If you google "cast iron baking stone" you will find they are pretty much all the same ranging from £10+

Heat them up on a medium hob, put your dough and toppings on then under a (maximum) preheated grill as close as you can without touching.

2 minutes later proper pizza, or as close as you will get in a domestic oven.

[DoubleSix]

21TonyK said:

If you google "cast iron baking stone" you will find they are pretty much all the same ranging from £10+

Heat them up on a medium hob, put your dough and toppings on then under a (maximum) preheated grill as close as you can without touching.

2 minutes later proper pizza, or as close as you will get in a domestic oven.

In all the three years I lived in Italy I never saw "proper" pizza being prepared on cast iron and then grilled...

[mattyn1]

Idle perusing this thread - we have a stone pizza stone on the bbq - its brilliant!

[shirt]

DoubleSix said:

shirt said:

I used to use a thick ceramic floor tile from b&q, same idea just larger and cheaper.

One for the ‘Things cheap people do’ thread.

A pizza stone is about £15 ffs

Says the man talking about shop bought pizza. I have a roccbox now, but go fk yourself anyway

[DoubleSix]

shirt said:

DoubleSix said:

shirt said:

I used to use a thick ceramic floor tile from b&q, same idea just larger and cheaper.

One for the ‘Things cheap people do’ thread.

A pizza stone is about £15 ffs

Says the man talking about shop bought pizza. I have a roccbox now, but go fk yourself anyway

calm down love!

[shirt]

Couldnt find the right smiley at short notice, more than calm thanks. albeit petty swiping with zero humour does tend to annoy me.

[21TonyK]

DoubleSix said:

21TonyK said:

If you google "cast iron baking stone" you will find they are pretty much all the same ranging from £10+

Heat them up on a medium hob, put your dough and toppings on then under a (maximum) preheated grill as close as you can without touching.

2 minutes later proper pizza, or as close as you will get in a domestic oven.

In all the three years I lived in Italy I never saw "proper" pizza being prepared on cast iron and then grilled...

OP has a domestic electric oven.