The pictured pizza is #2, but pizza #1 had a hole that leaked sauce and cheese onto the stone. It is caked on now. I tried blasting it at 500F in the oven for 20 min and left it to cool over night but no success. It is the last picture in the series here.
by MyAltAccount157
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It’s fine, scrape off what you can and keep cooking. I’d heat it up and use a bench scraper
Rub it with a new, clean brick.
the pizza stone is fine. A little discoloration is normal. Just clean a little and your’re good to go. Your Pizza looks amazing!!!
My stone have looked worse than that! Just keep using it and scrape of what you can. I used a wood spatula to scrape it
Flip it over and burn that off, then scrub and reuse
I use a wire grill brush with a scraper to clean my stone. Staining is normal, I just check to make sure it’s flat to avoid possibly catching the uncooked dough on anything that is stuck.
Stone looks good. Adds flavor. Just scrape it with a spatula or grill brush between cooks so there are no raised bits.
Did your pizza cook ok on both sides? Curious about the grill cook.
Mine is almost completely black now… i just send it
People clean their stones? Mine is 10 years old and completely black. Makes great pizzas.
When my stone broke, I put my Blackstone griddle top in the oven. It works so good that it’s been in there for 5+ years. I only pull it when I need to use the Blackstone.
A pizza stone, worn with grace,
Marks of meals in every trace.
Each scorch, a story to embrace,
In every line, a warm embrace.
Cherish the signs of use so fine,
For in them, your feasts entwine.
A canvas of culinary art,
A testament to every heart.
Thank you everyone, I’m not concerned about the color more about the raised caked on bits that take away from a flat surface
It’s fine, you can try scrubbing it but it’s gonna get messy again. In the future, using parchment under it for the first minute or two then sliding it out can help prevent this.
And being careful to make sure no sauce or cheese leaks through or over the edges
Don’t use water to clean your stone. It increases the chance it will crack when you heat it up. Scrape the hell out of it with a grill wire brush and wipe it down with a dry towel.
Seasoned. Not ruined. Scrape it and you’re good to go
It’s like patina on a beautiful old car, it’s meant to be there
My pizza stones always crack when I use them on the grill
My pizza stone has turned black and it has never worked better.
That’s stone seasoning
Just burn it clean
Stone, just scrape off with metal spatual and repeat.
I can’t seem to make a pizza on the grill without burning the bottom and undercooking the top. I preheat, keep it closed, etc
to get shit off the stone, cook it at a high temperature
That pizza looks so good
A little color doesn’t do anything. Scrape off the hard bits.
You can wash it with a steel scrubby if you want to to take off the burnt carbon. But you won’t get all the stain off. That’s fine. Eventually the whole stone will look like that.
I use a plastic razor blade (not plastic handle, the blade itself is plastic) if I get sauce or cheese burned onto my stone. The blades are useful all over the house too.
Looks fine to me. It shouldn’t be pristine.
Don’t worry too much about it. My stone looked like that after the first time I grilled pizzas on it. Just wipe it best you can and remember it’s a tool for cooking.
Whatever you do, don’t use soap it will ruin the stone permanently. Just brush it off and it should be fine.
I just clean the ooni with very high heat for about 30mins and it comes up new