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re: Anyone Have Baking Steel for Pizza?

Posted on 5/28/13 at 1:28 pm to
Posted by BlackenedOut
The Big Sleazy
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 5/28/13 at 1:28 pm to
I get the soggy in the middle when I dont let the steel heat properly or reheat post pizza.

I havent cleaned the thing yet. Just sort of brush off the carbonized dough.
Posted by Gris Gris
OTIS!NO RULES FOR SAUCES ON STEAK!!
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 5/28/13 at 1:31 pm to
Mine was crispy all the way through when I took it out. Got soggy while it sat like a lot of pizzas do. I thought maybe the bottom steamed on the plate, perhaps.

I just reheated some for lunch on the steel with the oven door open after the steel had heated properly. I didn't turn on the broiler. It was floppy when I put it in from the fridge, but it's crispy all the way through.

I partially baked a few crusts I had left over to see how that works. Figured I'd experiment.

Do you keep yours in the oven?
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 5/28/13 at 1:35 pm to
Pizza looks tasty....were you aiming for square, or was it "the will of the dough"? Ha. I made one shaped exactly like Michigan (without the UP) recently, but I'm getting better at rounds. If you want a puffy edge, be sure to press a round "seam" about 1" inside the rim before you stretch it out too much.

Soggy middles also can result from too big a load of wet toppings, ie, too much sauce, or fresh (aka watery) mozz, uncooked mushrooms, etc.

I mistakenly left the steel in the oven when baking a wet loaf of bread, and it ended up kinda rusty. I brushed off the surface rust, oiled it up, and let it reseason in a medium oven. Haven't done anything to it since besides dust it off.
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