How Do You Get a Grease Spill off of Stone?

[pamperedtracy]

Hi,

I had a customer email me this morning with the problem below.

Any ideas?

"How can I clean my pizza stone? It suffered from a grease spill of
fish filets and now I can't get the grease off. I don't want to soak
it in hot soapy water because it might get soap in it. I tried using
the scraper that comes with it and that isn't working because the
grease turned "gummy". Any advice?"

Thanks in advance to all of you cheffers!!

Tracy

 

[jenniferknapp]

I would try a baking soda paste, with maybe some course salt in it.

 

[jrstephens]

Baking soda paste has always worked for me. I will let it sit a few minutes and it scraps right off. Be sure to let her know the stone will still look brown no matter what b/c that is part of the seasoning of the stone that makes it so great for non sticking. She may be thinking it should go back to its original appearance.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Yep- baking soda paste and REALLY HOT water. She may have to repeat this till the stickyness goes away!

 

[DebbieJ]

Our Easy Clean Kitchen Brush would help her greatly. I love that thing.

 

[ivykeep]

She can also run through the dishwasher with baking soda in the soap section with NO rinse aid in the dishwasher.

If she uses the paste, use coarse salt to remove the "gummy-ness" and rinse with hot water, then layer the paste on the oil and let sit a few hours and then rinse again.

 

[pamperedtracy]

A HUGE thanks to everyone. I will let her know.

Tracy

 

[DebbieJ]

I would not recommend the dishwasher. It says right on the use & care that our stones are not dishwasher safe.

The pressure of the water can cause hairline cracks and it will POP! a crack later!

 

[ivykeep]

I know LOTS of people who run theirs through the dishwasher and never heard of them popping a crack -- the dishwasher can reduce the seasoning effects of the stoneware and soap can leave a residue, but I have 14 pieces of stoneware and have been running them through the dishwasher for more than 7 years (some are newer than that, but three pieces are almost 8 years old) and I've only had one stone crack on me -- and it was brand new and my sister shocked it with frozen chicken.

My aunt and two of my former consultants also always run theirs through the dishwasher.

I have super sentive skin (my hands have been broken out and raw since December and will probably stay this way until June or July because I'm really sensitive to soaps -- dishwashing, hand washing, etc. and also react to my own sweat inside of gloves, so I try and limit the amount of time my hands will be in hot water (or in contact with soap) as much as possible. I do scape my stones usually, but at least once a month I run a load or two of just stoneware in the dishwasher (after removing the rinse aid which can leave a film on them).

Certainly no one else HAS to do the same, but I know that a bunch of people do -- and I've even seen the dishwasher and stoneware as a "quick tip"

And yeah, I know none of the knives are dishwasher safe either, but the ALL go in too -- and I have a set of the stamped knives that are also 7 years old and are just fine.