PC0313 Rectangle Baking Steel
Steel baking plates are both a new alternative to, and a nice complement for your baking stone collection. Both steels and stones are great for pizza, bread, pastries or any other baked goods. They eliminate hot spots while cooking, and produce uniformly browned crust.
A baking steel is optimal because metal conducts heat better than stone and it stores more heat per unit volume than stone – both key characteristics to creating a pizza that cooks up both light and crisp.
In a 500°F oven, a baking steel will stabilize at around 450°F due to the steel’s radiative properties. It gives constant heat even as it absorbs it, causing it to stabilize at a temperature that’s slightly cooler than the air around it. Even though the steel is cooler than a stone, it is far superior at transferring energy to whatever is placed on top of it.
Two suggested methods for cooking with a pizza steel are:
Steel and stone: Place a steel baking plate with pizza on it on the bottom oven rack while positioning a pizza stone on the top rack a few inches above to achieve perfectly crisp crust. Radiant heat from the stone will help to brown the top crust and cook the toppings like the elevated ambient heat of a pizza oven.
Steel and broiler: Place pizza steel on a rack positioned directly below the broiler of your oven. The pizza steel will achieve a perfectly crisp crust, while direct heat from the broiler will brown the top crust and cook the toppings.
Materials: Mild polished steel that has been pre-seasoned with vegetable oil at 500°F.
Dimensions: 22” x 14” 12lbs
Keywords: Baking Plate, Pizza
MSRP: $49.99
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