First pizza on the egg - pizza stone shattered

SigP · November 2012

Did my first pizza today. It was about ready to come off and the stone shattered. It is in four pieces now. Guess I need to get a better quality stone. Good news is that the pizza survived and was delicious. Funny news is that my wife was walking by the egg when it popped. She jumped about a foot high and almost fell in the pool.

Any recommendations on a replacement?

gerhardk · November 2012

I have had the Green Egg brand for over a year without problems. One thing with any stone you don't want to put a cold stone into a 600º Egg.

Gerhard

jeroldharter · November 2012

I have the XL size BGE stone and it is excellent.

SigP · November 2012

I put it in as soon as I got the fire started. I've used that stone many times, but in the oven at max temperature of about 550. Had the egg up to about 650. I guess it was just too much for it. Oh, well...

GLW · November 2012

Was it a pampered chef stone by any chance? Had my pampered stone for over ten years. First pizza in the egg fixed that.

SigP · November 2012

It was pampered in the sense that it had never been heated as much as a pizza stone should be. I guess I'll go find a tough one.

SamFerrise · November 2012

I am now using fire brick in place of a stone. I have several different thicknesses. These bricks are rated at continuous 3000 degrees. No breakage in that range. I have eight 1" x 4" x 8" and four 2" x 4" x 9" bricks. I paid $19 for all of them at a local brick yard. They have many uses and configurations in my Egg. I am making my own spider out of 3/8" 306 stainless. My brother happened to have 12 feet of it and out of the blue he gave it to me.

Tjcoley · November 2012

GLW said:

Was it a pampered chef stone by any chance? Had my pampered stone for over ten years. First pizza in the egg fixed that.

After last nights pizza cook, my Pampered Chef pizza stone and stoneware deep dish pan had a lot of burned on sauce. Did a clean burn this afternoon that got away from me a bit and got up to about 900 degrees for about 45 minutes before I caught it. Both stone and pan survived and look new. Just need to season them before the next cook.

DocWonmug · November 2012

Replacement stone? Or wife? I'm just askin'......

Doc_Eggerton · November 2012

BGE stone is nice and thick/sturdy. I cleaned mine in a burn out last night at quite a bit over 1,000.

Austin Egghead · November 2012

This is an excellent stone: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000E19MW/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/189-6725908-1003533?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=0JY3F2GNZ0PR7225NFRK&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_i=B0000E1FDA

Or the size applicable for your egg.

GatoGordo · November 2012

My first pizza stone was from Costco or Sam's Club and it did not last long before breaking. I then purchased the Ceramic Chef stone from Crate and Barrel and it is still going strong after several years and pizzas.

mtasker · November 2012

my stone broke also. i believe it was because i did a pizza without my platesetter.

Eggcelsior · November 2012

How thick was your stone? When I was researching, I noticed a lot of reviews stating that having a stone at least 1/2" thick can prevent this. This was the reason I went with the BGE stone.

Optiontrader · November 2012

Austin Egghead said:

This is an excellent stone: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000E19MW/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/189-6725908-1003533?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=0JY3F2GNZ0PR7225NFRK&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_i=B0000E1FDA
Or the size applicable for your egg.

My wife just order this one for me. It should arrive today. Tell me more about the stone. Diameter/thickness, etc. (I was looking at the BGE stone, but am thankful for the gift.

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