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1st time using BGE deep dish pizza stone

Actor07
Actor07 Posts: 1
in Baking
Hi:

I am using the BGE deep dish pizza stone for the first time.  Do I have to season the pizza stone (i.e. put a coat of oil on the ceramic pan and cook it for a time period) before the first use?


Several recipes in this forum prescribe using oil in the pan to prevent sticking...


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  • ksmyrl
    ksmyrl Posts: 1,050
    edited November 2014
    I have that same stone and I never seasoned it. I use a little (very little) corn meal in the pan before putting the dough in. The corn meal literally acts like mini ball bearings and keeps the pizza from sticking.  I learned that trick here on the forum.

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  • Tjcoley
    Tjcoley Posts: 3,551
    I did not pre season mine.  I put a light coat of Crisco on it each time, and have never had a pizza stick. 
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  • KentuckyBoy
    KentuckyBoy Posts: 28
    Just be sure to use your plate setter. I didn't and had charcoal pizza in 10 minutes.
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Either of the above should work fine. Welcome and enjoy the ride.
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  • tcracing
    tcracing Posts: 378
    I used Crisco for about 3-4 cooks, and now I don't use anything.
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  • jfm0830
    jfm0830 Posts: 987
    I never preseasoned it. The recipe on the BGE site for Chicago style deep dish pizza just has you swirl some olive of oil around the pan enough to coat the bottom and sides lightly. I've never had any burning or stickage problems.
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  • TylerA
    TylerA Posts: 85
    My first pizza stuck really badly, but all I did was coat the dish in Crisco.  Since then, I seasoned it by coating it and heating it up a few times and have had nothing stick.  I was suprised to see it stick so badly the first time as the dough had a lot of oil in it, but it did.   
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