Baking Pizza Stone. 100% Natural Volcanic Lava Stone Multi-Purpose Oven & BBQ, Grill. High Heat Retention. Rectangular (2x30x40cm)

After heating the stone properly, the bottom og pizza copked perfectly and turned really crispy.

This baking stone is made of basalt, and therefore is very heavy and very dense. The listing takes pride in mentioning that they package this very well to ensure this gets to you without damage, and i can confirm this has been packed to within an inch of its life. Its nice to see sellers take pride in something so basic but they feel it is important enough to include in the listing details. I concur, because it also gives the buyer confidence in the item being of good quality. This is certainly true here. The stone itself comes with a slip of paper that gives you directions to use and care for your stone. On first use you wash the stone with water and let it dry. You can then oil and flour the stone to make it non stick, and have to allow at least 30 minutes in the oven for the dense stone to absorb heat all the way through the stone. You are then ready to bake. I skipped the oil and flour and used baking parchment instead whilst cooking my bread, and it came out absolutely brilliantly. I had great oven spring and the crust cooked very well, as did the loaf itself. If you have never used a baking stone before, and you are baking on a baking tray like i was, this will change your entire game. It fit perfectly into my oven and held its heat for well over 30 minutes once the oven was turned off. These baking stones are never cheap, and there is a reason behind it. You need something robust enough to stand up to repeated heat cycling, but dense enough that it doesnt have air or water inside which could cause it to explode when heated. I have thought of getting one of these for years and always talked myself out of it, as being an unneccesary purchase. Now i have used this, i would never go back. For that reason, i think it is very good value and worth every penny. If you bake a lot of bread or make a lot of pizzas, this will make you happy. Its a 100% natural stone so there will be no nasties to worry about that could contaminate your food. Simply wipe any spills clean. Its your choice if you leave it in your oven permanently, or use it just on the occasions you bake with it. Leaving it in the oven will not reduce the efficiency of the oven and in winter leaving the oven door open with the stone already in, will give off extra heat, slowly for free that otherwise would have been wasted.

very heavy, very costly but i've got it now. Generally I leave my stones permanently in the oven however this stains really easy especially if your cooking something with fat and it will not cela off

Works brilliantly ! Arrived quickly and I’m just about to use it again !

Seems to work well, been using it for bread, no complaints.

Does the job. Improved the quality of my baking.

It broken,when I used one times

Great stone needs a frame to set it on while serving