Afraid of Ruining Large Bar Stone

[pctharper]

For my last birthday, my mom got me a pizza stone from Kitchen Collections. The first time I used it I made strombolis on it. When the grease and cheese leaked out from the bolis, it really made my stone look horriable. It looks like there's still cheese burnt on it and I can't get it to look good at all.

I am making bolis for the first time tonight since I got my large bar pan. I'm tempted to make them on it, but I'm afriad I'm going to end up with the same result. Will this, the PC bar pan, be easier to clean up? I know its fairly easy to clean after the 3 cheese garden pizza and chocolate chip cookies, but thats all I've used it for so far! You can still kinda see chocolate chip marks on it, but they are very small and light.

 

[wadesgirl]

Is it actual food on there or is it the seasoning that happens naturally? You could put down parchment paper if you wanted to but if it's natural seasoning, that's what you want to do to you stones.

 

[raebates]

PC stones are different from other stones. Still, over time your stone should change color as it seasons. Don't be afraid to bake your bolis on your stone. They'll be great.

 

[pampered1224]

pctharper - as you use your stones, there will be stains, blotches and dots and other patterns that will will form on them. this is a GOOD THING! This is the natural seasoning process of the stone. This seasoning, just like the way a cast iron skillet seasons, is not something you want to get rid of. This actually forms a non-stick, easy to clean - food that is - surface. Yes, go a head and use parchment if you wish, but look at the color of these letters. This is the color of my very first Round Baking Stone I got in 1997. It is wonderful, bakes beautifully and nothing, and I mean nothing, sticks to it at all. I would not trade it for anything!

 

[lkbcovington]

At my last show, I had a customer get so excited because she could now 'let' her boyfriend use his old stone that she thought was just dirty and couldn't get clean. lol When I finished my demo, she actually went outside and called him this just to tell him the good news! Apparently, she wanted to throw it away and he wouldn't let her. He insisted it was supposed to be that way, but I guess he just got tired of arguing his point and hoped one day someone would back up his story. That was his lucky night.

 

[ShellBeach]

I use parchment. Baking soda paste should get the chocolate chip marks off.

 

[babywings76]

Don't worry about the markings. I had a similar thing happen when I made a braid on my rectangle stone when it was new. Seeing the rectangle shape outline made it look "dirty" and as though I didn't clean it. But as I used it for other things, all the markings kind of faded or blended together. So eventually, it "seasons" pretty much everywhere and it looks fine.You want this to happen because using a seasoned stone really makes for a great final product. I'm too cheap and lazy to deal with parchment paper all the time. Sometimes red sauce or chocolate chips leave residual colors behind. I just use baking soda and the PC kitchen brush and scrub it. That usually does the trick.

 

[straitfan]

Cook some bacon in it in the oven about 20 minutes at 400 degrees. That will season the entire bottom surface. Lots of hot water and friction will remove the grease.