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Winston_Orwell t1_ix7g09q wrote

Among all the joke replies, I’d love to know how you ‘clean’ it. Mine are starting to get a little mucky with burnt-on cheese. Obviously a regular dose of high temperatures do a lot, but do you scour with a wire brush or similar?

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alohadave t1_ix7z1tx wrote

You should be rinsing with hot water and scraping all the gunk off with a plastic scraper. No soap, and wait until the stone is fully cooled.

What you really need to do is cook fatty things on it to season the stone. Biscuits, rolls, cookies, things like that. The fat will coat the surface and build up a coat of non-stick seasoning.

You can also lightly spray Pam or other cooking spray every time you cook with it. It'll make foods slide right off, and getting charred cheese off becomes trivial.

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davesoverhere t1_ix843sj wrote

After cleaning, wait until it is thoroughly dry before using and always put a stone into a cold oven. Personally, I always leave mine in and only take it out for cleaning.

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irishkiddo t1_ix87ksl wrote

Don't see this answer yet. Run a self cleaning cycle on your oven with the pizza stone left inside. The stone will come out perfectly clean. The oven burns everything off of the stone

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SailorET t1_ix7jky8 wrote

I use a plastic scraper on mine, it's great for the baked-on cheese and sauce.

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regreddit t1_ix85jmn wrote

I set mine on the bottom of the oven and run the ovens self clean cycle. Comes out brand new

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ERRORMONSTER t1_ix95iqb wrote

I used to use a clean (never-been-soaped) sponge and hot water, but I recently found out I should be using a metal wire brush and no water, so I'll let you know how that goes after a few months.

You actually want your stone to get a little food dirty. That's the whole point of using a stone. If you want it to get clean clean, then you're better off using a steel plate or something instead.

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