Do you preheat the stone while there are still flames or wait until there is not any flames?
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Yes, you put the stone on the grill and wait for it to get up to the correct temps. You use wood with the charcoal so there will be flames.
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You put the stone in after the coals are hot, that way it is brought up to temperature evenly or it could fracture.
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Put the stone in the cooker when you light the coals and the wood. It will get very hot. The flames continue during the entire cooking process. In fact, you may have to add more wood if you are making several pizzas.
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As long as the oven takes to preheat. You keep the stone in the oven and when your ready to use it you already have it in the oven when you go to preheat the oven. Hope that helps.
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I normally use mine in a 425 degree oven and put it in before turning oven on. Preheat for at least 30 minutes before placing pizza on the stone. The more you use it the better the stone gets. Never place a wet or moist stone in the oven, it will break.
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The recommendation is to preheat with the oven and then place the pizza on it. I find that most frozen pizza's cook better without the stone, just place on center rack.
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I rinsed mine fully under warm tap water, patted it dry with paper towels and then dried it slowly in a 200 degree oven for 2 hours. After that I took it straight away and put it into a 750 degree BBQ "oven" and made excellent NY pies on it. Congrats you have a great stone, just remember it needs AT LEAST an hour preheat due to it's extra thick size.
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I personally let it cool for ten minutes or so before immediately submerging into cold water. Just like anything I think it would have a chance of cracking if done right after taking off the burner into cold water. hope this helps, I love mine!
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I add small amounts, what I think I mAY WANT TO use. Have not tried to let it set and reheat it.
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yes preheating is essential, get a pizza peeler to transfer prepared crust to cast iron.
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It burns until it out of fuel. I guess you could put in an airtight container to extinguish the burner prior to all the fuel being consumed.
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I think it depends on how hot the grill is. I've used mine at 500 degrees but I had the stone on the grill as it heated up. I think your best cooking results are if you heat the stone first and slide your pizza onto it after it is already hot. I don't think I would risk inserting a cold stone to an already hot grill.
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I would preheat the stones and assemble on parchment paper. Once the stone is to the desired temp you can slide the pie onto the stone.
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Just wash it lightly and spray some Pam before you set it on the burners. It doesn't need to be seasoned like a cast iron pan or anything like that.
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We just have a lot of flour on the bottom of the crust. Plus, make sure you let your oven heat to stones for quite a while after the oven is done preheating. Even though the oven may say it is too temp, the stones will not be. I let it go for at least 15 mins after the preheating is done.
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Yes you need to completely submerge in water before use,leave in water at least 20 minutes and then pore or spray water on the stone as you use it.You will need to re-wet the stone very often as you use it.Hope this helps.
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Soak the stone for about 20 minutes before use and keep it moist when using, I use a spray bottle with water in it, just spritz it as the stone gets dry. Don't store the stone in water, when finished let it dry and then store it.
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A lot of people suggest preheating cast iron before cooking. Especially when making pizza that is not possible since I spread the dough on the pan. I say no, not required.
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Margaret, I put a bag of clean sand on the bottom and that is enough to absorb most of the heat. It will not crack your stone, just get a 5 or 10 lb bag of sand and pour it in! This is the best firepit I've had. Larger than I thought which was a good thing!