/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.12779338]

Do I actually need a pizza stone to bake pizza?

[Anonymous No.12779352]

>>12779338
no

[Anonymous No.12779368]

If you use a regular baking sheet, the bottom crust will be kinda soft and un-crispy. It's not a big deal, it's still pizza.

[Anonymous No.12779371]

>>12779338
I have a pizza stone its kinda useless without a pizza stick

[Anonymous No.12779372]

>>12779368
the pizza pan can be heated before putting the pizza on top. that makes it crispy

[Anonymous No.12779385]

>>12779368
>>12779372
They have special pizza baking sheets with holes on the bottom for crispy pizza.

[Anonymous No.12779512]

>>12779372
Why don't frozen pizza boxes recommend that? They just say don't use a pan and put it directly on the rack.

[Anonymous No.12779531]

>>12779371
>I have a pizza stone its kinda useless without a pizza stick
A flat sided cookie sheet is adequate. A pizza peel like you have pictured buys you some distance from actual coals on fire in a giant brick oven rocking 800F or more. At home, the point of a stone is that it can absorb quite a bit of that oven heat before the dough hits it and simulates a brick oven just a tad better, a well done crust in the middle, rather than some sog.

[Anonymous No.12779542]

>>12779338
No, you can use a cast iron pan

[Anonymous No.12779543]

>>12779512
>Why don't frozen pizza boxes recommend that? They just say don't use a pan and put it directly on the rack.
Cause poor people buy frozen pizza. It's not just a convenience food, it's just inferior. It's the demographic. Most everyone else with taste or money isn't doing dominoes either, they're going to a local pizzeria/family italian restaurant with better ingredients and more deliciousness.

[Anonymous No.12779547]

>>12779512
liability they could be sued if you burn yourself on a pan .
>>12779531
never tried the cookie sheet I normally use a piece of cardboard to put pizza on the stone

[Anonymous No.12779583]

>>12779547
>never tried the cookie sheet I normally use a piece of cardboard to put pizza on the stone
I have some air pillow insulated cookie sheets that just have a 1 sided lip to hold it, and it slides off nice, and of course, you could use cornmeal if you wanted some slippage to help it along, like a real pizzeria.
If I'm making calzones which is what I'm usually doing, with dough from my grocery deli, I'm making usually 4-6 at once, I'll actually stretch and fill the dough creations on top of their own piece of parchment paper. I don't want the soft pillow-like raw dough calzones to wobble and burst open in the transfer process. The parchment smokes a bit right at the end of the cooking process, but it's not bad. Also, the stone stays clean, and I'm able to do batches without any burning cheese if there were leaks.

[Anonymous No.12779612]

>>12779583
I feel like buying a pizza stick would save us both alot of effort

[Anonymous No.12779623]

>>12779338
you can warm up a cookie sheet, and use wax paper, or someshit so your pie dont stick.

[Anonymous No.12779624]

>>12779338
no
thats stupid and dumb do not do that

[Anonymous No.12779770]

>>12779612
Its a fucking peel

Rrrrreeeeeeee

[Anonymous No.12779828]

I usually just cook it on my Himalayan salt block. it actually works really well

[Anonymous No.12780560]

>>12779371
i tried using one of these but i missed my pizza stone and the pizza fell over onto the next oven tray and slid down as i was trying to grab it with my fingers. the bottom of the oven looked like tire tracks after the cheese melted and smelt like burnt rubber

[Anonymous No.12780615]

>>12779543
Italians piss me off. They just jack each other off all day while drinking Tequila and listening to Kenny Chesney.

[Anonymous No.12780628]

i use a non stick perferated disc. pic related

[Anonymous No.12780635]

Himalayan salt slab

[Anonymous No.12780897]

>>12779338
Just leave your pan in as it preheats, then toss in the pizza.

[Anonymous No.12780930]

EVERYONE IN THIS THREAD IS A FUCKING FAGGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.12781554]

>>12779512
Frozen pizza's dough won't fall through the grates of the oven like a raw pizza would. It can sustain itself and crisps up excellently just on the rack.

>>12779543
This retard is just being elitist and hasn't a clue

[Anonymous No.12782837]

Not really. I preheat my iron tray to 220C. Make my pizza on a parchment paper and slide it on the heated tray. Pic related is the last pizza I finished like 30 minutes ago. You could use an iron sheet that’s a few millimeters thick, heat it about 1 hour before putting the pizza in the oven and you can get a great crust.

[Anonymous No.12782869]

>>12780930
>t. insecure about my masculinity

[Anonymous No.12782889]

I use a big pan. Preheat stove plate to highest heat. Assemble pizza in pan. Place pan on stove top. Crust bubbles up from the bottom. When the crust is halfway baked I place it in the preheated oven directly under the grill radiator.

[Anonymous No.12782896]

>>12782837
>All that work
>To heat up a cracker

[Anonymous No.12782914]

>>12780628
You did a good job with sauce/cheese distribution

[Anonymous No.12782977]

I eat pizza so rarely that these treads are more of a temptaion than a naked women on my 90+ days on nofap.

[Anonymous No.12783201]

>>12779338
just get one of these

[Anonymous No.12783283]

reminder, cooking pizza at home is retarded. The whole point is that it was cooked in a pizza oven. You might make a tasty pizza but thinking you'll do better than a local pizza (not chain) is just brainless.

[Anonymous No.12783296]

>>12779338
>Pizza is just fancy cheese on toast
Prove me wrong

[Anonymous No.12783353]

>>12779338
No, but it's probably the most suitable way along with a quality propane grill if you happen to lack a suitable indoor oven.

[Anonymous No.12783359]

>>12783201
Those legitimately work very well. They can be used to cook a lot of other stuff too.

[Anonymous No.12783921]

>>12780930
is this your coming out?

[Anonymous No.12784298]

>>12779338
just put it on the rack dummy