Preheating a Pizza Stone | Cook's Illustrated (2024)
Generally, the hotter the pizza stone, the better the browning and expansion of the dough. Since a pizza stone can match an oven’s highest temperature and store that heat, a stone preheated for an hour should make a better crust than one preheated for less time, or not at all.
To demonstrate the point, we cooked thin-crust pizzas on stones that had been preheated for 60 and 30 minutes and compared them to pizzas prepared on an unheated stone. The 60-minute stone produced the best pizza by far, with a tender, airy, well-browned crust. The 30-minute stone produced decent but not stellar results. As we expected, the unheated stone yielded a blond, dense crust, even after spending twice as long in the oven. Lastly, we baked pizza on an overturned baking sheet preheated for 30 minutes (ample time for the baking sheet’s lesser mass), our recommended substitute for a pizza stone. It performed reasonably well, but still not quite as well as a pizza stone.
Follow these guidelines: To achieve the best possible thin-crust pizza, preheat a pizza stone for a full hour. If you don’t have a pizza stone, preheat an inverted baking sheet for 30 minutes.
Follow these guidelines: To achieve the best possible thin-crust pizza, preheat a pizza stone for a full hour. If you don't have a pizza stone, preheat an inverted baking sheet for 30 minutes. HOT STONE Sixty minutes of preheating produces a crisp, golden crust.
When you want to whip up an amazing pizza pie, the first step is prepping your pizza stone. Preheat your oven to 500 degrees, and place the pizza stone inside as soon as you turn on the oven. As the oven heats up, the stone will also heat and become ready for baking.
You can preheat your stone up to 500°F (260°C) for up to 30 minutes. When preheating, your cook time may be shorter, so check 5-10 minutes sooner. No preheating is needed for frozen pizza.
Use parchment paper on the pizza stone. If you are having sticking issues when using a pizza stone with fresh dough, you can place a sheet of parchment between the pizza stone and the pizza.
To easily transfer pizza from a peel to a stone, simply form the dough on a piece of parchment paper and add toppings.Place the pizza (on parchment) on a peel and transfer to a hot stone. After baking 5–10 minutes, carefully pull out the parchment and finish baking the pizza on the stone.
How long does it take to preheat an oven for pizza? Wood-fire pizza ovens can take about 20 minutes to preheat to the ideal temperature. Gas pizza ovens will preheat much faster and usually take about 10 minutes.
Palm down, slide your hands under dough and lifting carefully place on to a hot pizza stone. Bake at 500°F for 4 minutes. Remove from oven and top with your favorite toppings (don't go too crazy with the toppings, a little goes a long way). Return to oven for 6-8 minutes.
Cook: Bake the pizza at 500 degrees for 10-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the toppings are cooked through. (15 mins seems to be the best time for me). Cut into slices: Remove the pizza to a cutting board, let rest for just a minute or two, and then cut into slices.
Set oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 450°F. Place pizza on middle rack. Do not use a pan or cookie sheet to bake pizza. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until pizza is golden brown.
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