I can’t know how much time I’ve prepared a great pizza only to stare at the debris from my cooking left just on pizza stone and wonder how some amount of washing, sans soap and water, could ever restore it to working condition. It’s simply too simple for cheeses to bubble, curdle, and spill, and for sauce to escape unobserved. The situationis much simple with the Ooni pizza stone.
You just finished cooking your pizza, but the debris as well as burnt flour, dough, or whatever has soiled your pizza stone.Cleaning your stone so it’s prepared for the next meal is a straightforward process.
You’ll need to accomplish the following:
- Rotate the stone over so the filthy side is facing down right before your pizza cooks.
- The debris beneath the surface will be removed by the heat.
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If it doesn’t work, perhaps because you have a very filthy stone from a haphazard pizza chef, then try the following:
- Remove the adhered particles from the stone with a pizza brush.
- Put your pizza stone in the pizza oven, filthy side up, and heat it to full temperature.
- The debris nearest to the flame will be consumed.
- Rotate the stone once it has cooled until all of the material closest to a flame has burnt away.
What’s the best way to keep your Ooni pizza stone clean?
Instructions: Step-by-Step
- When attempting to clean your Ooni Pizza Stone, be sure it has cooled fully.
- Wet the surface and mix in a little amount of mild soap (Dawn cleanser works nicely). Combine all of the ingredients and stir while you get a thinner porridge-like mixture that is soupy but not runny.
- Soak an old sponge (or a non-stick sponge) or an old cloth in the soapy liquid and scrub the stone’s surface in tiny circular movements until all obvious food residue is gone. Use a dough scraper to assist remove food residue from particularly stubborn ‘stuck on’ places.
- Rinse with a napkin, that’s all there is to it.. If you’ve a dishwasher, simply toss your Ooni Pizza Stone in for a quick clean.
- Take the limestone out from stove and set it aside to cool.it to thoroughly dry before reinstalling it.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: Before attempting to clean any portion of your stove, make sure it is totally turned off and cooled. It’s also a good idea to use mild cleanser just on stone because heavier chemicals might harm the protective steel plate beneath it.
Steel wool or a wire-bristle brush should not be used on the surface on the Ooni Pizza Stone, especially on mesh inserts, as this may harm the surface.
The Proper Cleaning of a Pizza Stone
Needed Tools
You probably already have everything you’ll have to clean the pizza stone. A pizza stone cleaning tool should be small enough to glide beneath stuck-on food and rough enough to scour the stone clean.
- Brush with stones
- Scraper (bench)
- a knife for the table
- Pads for cleaning
- Toothbrush
How to Clean Your Pizza Stone of Burned Food
- Some burned bits of food may decide to come off your pizza stone no regardless of how hard you brush or scrape it. Try a deep cleaning of your oven as you give up hope; it’s a method that typically works.
- Preheat the oven to 500°F.
- In the oven, place the pizza stone just on highest shelf.
- Allow an hour for the stone to bake.
- Check your stone on a regular basis to determine whether grease bubbles have formed and exploded.
- Start your oven’s auto-clean cycle after the bubbling has subsided. If your stone begins to smoke, don’t be concerned. It may emit a lot of smoke, depending on how much fat and burned food is on your stone. The charred food should begin to burn away during this stage.
- Wait for the oven completely cool down that once clean cycle has finished
- Once the pizza stone has cool, remove it from the oven and wash it cleaned.
You could use medium-grit sandpaper if a thorough clean cycle does not clean your stone. On the other hand, sandpaper may be used in an urgent situation. Otherwise, you risk permanently damaging your pizza stone if you scrape off only the burnt food but not any additional things.
Guidelines for looking after Your Ooni Pizza Oven
- Remove any ash that may have accumulated as a result of the burning of wood (or charcoal).
- To get into those difficult-to-reach locations, use a scraper and a brush or shovel.
- Scraping any leftover food particles with the scraper might also assist.
- When scraping the oven floor or the pizza stone plate, be cautious not to scratch them.
- For extra thorough cleaning, use the wire brush.
- Use a moist cloth-wrapped brush or a professional chimney cleaning brush to clean the chimney.
- Brush your chimney twice to make it look even more appealing.
- Raise the heat slightly to dissolve greasy encrustations on the oven floor.
- After that, switch off the oven and then let it cold before attacking the stains with regular soapy water, as well as vinegar for persistent stains.
- Rinse, wash, repeat, as the adage goes. If you don’t want a chemically dirty taste baked into your pizza, stay away from detergents.
The Ooni’s Outer Shell: How to Clean It
After wiped slightly damp cloth, dry immediately.Cleaning products with abrasives or strong chemicals should be avoided.
Cleaning of Ooni Pizza Stone
- By using a spatula and your pizza peel, scrape any extra off.
- Cleaning products with abrasives or strong chemicals should be avoided.
- Dishwasher-safe baking stone
