How To Clean A Pizza Stone- Easy Ways
A pizza stone is a portable stone slab that allows home chefs to get more crispy crust for pizza and other foods. In general, you should not need to clean your pizza stone on a regular basis, as cooking pizza on it will season it. However, if you do need to clean it, be sure to do it correctly. Some methods, like soaking or using soap and water can ruin your stone forever. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to clean your pizza stone, there are some simple techniques you can use that won’t ruin the stone.
Cleaning Your Stone By Hand
1.Let your stone completely cool off. Before handling, you should allow it to cool off in the oven for an hour, otherwise there's a possibility it could crack, especially if you expose it to cold air or water. Make sure that your stone cools to room temperature before you attempt to clean it.
• If you must handle it when it is hot, use heat-resistant gloves so you do not burn yourself. Be sure any surface it is placed on is heat-resistant.
• Pizza stones can also crack if you put a cold stone into a hot oven.
2. With a blunt tool, brush or scrape stuck on pieces of food. You can use a stone brush or plastic spatula to get any excess pieces of burnt food that have stuck to your stone. Scrape gently on the surface of the stone where the baked on food is.
• Using a metal spatula may put scratches in your stone.
3. Never use soap on your pizza stone. Although it may seem intuitive to clean your stone with soap, doing this can ruin the stone for good. Pizza stones are porous, and soap will get inside of its pores and make your food taste like soap.[3] Once you ruin your stone with soap it may never be the same.
4. Wipe your pizza stone with a damp cloth if necessary. Damp a washcloth with warm water and wipe down the pizza stone. Wipe off any pieces of loosened food that you were able to get detached from scraping.
5. As a last resort, soak your pizza stone in water. Burnt or baked-on gunk may need to be soaked to soften the material for removal. In plain water, soak the pizza stone overnight, and try scraping again. Keep in mind that in soaking, your pizza stone will absorb quite a bit of water, so let it dry completely for a week or so. Even if it looks dry, it has a lot of water in it.
6. Let your stone dry completely before using it again. Another reason that a pizza stone can crack in the oven is because it hasn’t fully dried before being put back into the oven. Remember to store the stone in room temperature before you heat it again. Water gets stuck in the pores of the stone and reduces the integrity of the stone when it’s reheated again.
• Allow your pizza stone 1-2 hours to dry before using it again.
7. Avoid putting oils of any kind on the stone.
8. Embrace your discolored pizza stone
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