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First pizza on the egg - pizza stone shattered
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SigP
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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?
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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
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I have the XL size BGE stone and it is excellent.
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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...
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Was it a pampered chef stone by any chance? Had my pampered stone for over ten years. First pizza in the egg fixed that.When in doubt add more pepper.
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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.
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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.Simple ingredients, amazing results!
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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.__________________________________________It's not a science, it's an art. And it's flawed.- Camp Hill, PA
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BGE stone is nice and thick/sturdy. I cleaned mine in a burn out last night at quite a bit over 1,000.
XXL #82 out of the first 100, XLGE X 2, LBGE (gave this one to daughter 1.0) , MBGE (now in the hands of iloveagoodyoke daughter 2.0) and lots of toys -
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=B0000E1FDAOr the size applicable for your egg.Large, small and mini now Egging in Rowlett Tx
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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.LBGE, Stoker WiFi, UDS, Pit Barrel Cooker
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my stone broke also. i believe it was because i did a pizza without my platesetter.
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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.
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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=B0000E1FDAOr the size applicable for your egg.
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