Baking Steel Recipes
I put a thermocouple on the steel and launched a pizza on it, live in class. The steel sat at 600 in a 550 oven, dropped about 40 degrees on launch, and was climbing again within 30 seconds.
Chef Paul Berglund roasts peppers whole and dry, no oil, then steams them covered for 20 minutes. The skins slide off with your fingers. Here is the method, start to finish.
Chef Paul Berglund of Myrth stopped at the farmers market on his way to our Wednesday class and built a pizza out of whatever he found. Roasted Italian frying peppers, par-roasted tomatoes, sausage and aged balsamico, straight baked on the steel.
I put a thermocouple on an Original Baking Steel and logged the steel and the oven air every five minutes. The steel got 47 degrees hotter than the oven dial.
We had a bag before this one. It only fit three of our steels. Here's how we designed one bag that fits every Baking Steel we make.
A pizza steel is a thick slab of carbon steel that turns your home oven into a pizza oven. Here's what it is, why it works, and how to use one, from the guy who invented it.