460856 Thu Nov 15 08:42:10 -0800 2007 19 23 Ontario (including Toronto) 0 3127338 I'm sick and tired of inconsistent, crappy delivery pizza and decided to take matters into my own hands. Any ideas on where I can source a reliable pizza stone in the GTA for use in a standard electric oven? Thu Nov 15 08:42:10 -0800 2007 60322 spades 1 3127359 I just use unglazed quarry tiles in my oven. Cheap and works fine. Measure your oven rack and get enough tiles to fit. The seams where they butt together are not a problem. Thu Nov 15 08:47:08 -0800 2007 3127338 12383 Nyleve 1 3127375 After cracking three so far I'd agree with Nyleve that quarry stones are the cheaper and smarter way to go. If you want a stone I'd try and get a large rectangular one which you could also use for breads, etc. Tap Phong had them a few months ago for about $25. Thu Nov 15 08:50:00 -0800 2007 3127338 12840 Mila 1 3127767 I'll agree with Nyleve too. The tiles are cheap and effective. I bake breads on them as well. I've never had one crack (even when I create steam with a spray bottle) and they store easily when you need the oven for something else. Try Home Depot or Rona. Thu Nov 15 10:33:20 -0800 2007 3127338 52341 rld 1 3127853 It's expensive about $120 but we love our all-clad pizzia stone. dc Thu Nov 15 10:56:41 -0800 2007 3127338 73130 don515 2 3127904 I have two pizza stones - one was a gift from William Sonoma which I am sure wasn't cheap. The second one we bought a couple of weeks ago at Nella on Queen East for only $17. It is great having two in the oven so you have two flavour combos. If you have to heat your oven to 500' you might as well as make two right? Thu Nov 15 11:05:41 -0800 2007 3127853 100399 professor plum 3 3129152 We got a really really good quality one for about 45 bucks at Progress, the amazing discount store in Kensington Market - a very good deal - presented it to a friend and he says it is like night and day how his pizzas have improved now. This store has wonderful bargains in top quality kitchen stuff, but it comes in now and then, so keep checking with him - we get Emile Henri bakeware from him at prices as low as those US discount places that don't ship to us here... Thu Nov 15 16:31:37 -0800 2007 3127904 43311 js288uk 4 3129581 Nice one js..thanks for the tip! Thu Nov 15 19:18:07 -0800 2007 3129152 114516 Recyclor 4 3130436 Wow, where exactly is this store located? Fri Nov 16 06:57:23 -0800 2007 3129152 12840 Mila 5 3130500 Progress? I think you're talking about Sasmart - across the street from Denison Park, always with stuff out on the sidewalk. I LOVE that place. All my everyday dishes are Emile Henri that I got there for a song quite a few years ago. They're not carrying quite so much E.H. anymore but it's still just the best treasure-hunt in town. They do have a lot of professional quality cookware and kitchenware along with a ton of hilarious 60's and 70's stuff that I don't know where they got but it's original. Great place. Fri Nov 16 07:12:23 -0800 2007 3130436 12383 Nyleve 6 3130526 Very exciting, a discount kitchen store I didn't know about AND I was heading to Kensington tonight. I found this little blurb in Now with the address. "Best little-known kitchenware store Sasmart From the sidewalk, this Kensington Market spot, with its piles of plastic pails, chamber pots and pinnies, looks like a Portuguese discount house . It is. But half the store is a bargain-hunter's gadget paradise. Next to religious kitsch, find end-of-line European dishware and period martini shakers. Pick up this season's foodie kitchen essential - stainless steel ginger graters - for under 20 bucks. 6 Denison Square, 416- 596-6415" time=&date=&ttype=&q=6+Denison+Square,+toronto&sll=43.675425,-79.345494&sspn=0.010243,0.019956&ie=UTF8&ll=43.653877,-79.40183&spn Fri Nov 16 07:20:11 -0800 2007 3130500 12840 Mila 7 3130549 I never wanted anyone else to find out about this place. Oh well, now it's out. Fri Nov 16 07:25:53 -0800 2007 3130526 12383 Nyleve 8 3130595 LOL Nyleve, I pinch your cooking tips and recipes from home cooking board, and now I've found your secret kitchen store. I bow down to you, chowhounders like you make this board great. Thanks for sharing. Fri Nov 16 07:39:26 -0800 2007 3130549 12840 Mila 9 3133964 Wow - thanks. But the truth is I've gotten as many great tips as I've given. Probably more. This is a heck of a resource. Sat Nov 17 10:52:45 -0800 2007 3130595 12383 Nyleve 3 3129403 The Williams Sonoma baking stone costs $52 - I was in earlier this week looking for one. Thu Nov 15 18:00:24 -0800 2007 3127904 79621 sman 4 3804353 Keep in mind though that the stone from Williams Sonoma is guaranteed for life. Keep the receipt and you can get it replaced if it breaks. Even if you drop it, they will give you a new one. Mon Jun 23 06:47:39 -0700 2008 3129403 139219 Sooeygun 1 3129872 Could somebody enlighten me as to what the difference is using an expensive stone vs. the $10 pizza stones that are so widely available? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I'm just geniuinely curious as I don't seem to know what I'm missing. I've had 1 cheap stone crack on me, but given the price I just bought another one. My pizzas have always turned out fine. Is there any difference in baking quality etc? Any idea why? Porosity or density of the stone or something? Thu Nov 15 21:30:26 -0800 2007 3127338 32141 egon61 1 3133970 As far as I'm concerned, the best baking stone available is the Fibrament. Read about them here. http://www.bakingstone.com/ Sat Nov 17 10:58:30 -0800 2007 3127338 65804 grampart 1 4672804 For those of you with pizza stones, can you tell me how thick they are, and where you bought them from in Toronto? I just bought a Big Green Egg smoker/grill and am looking for a thick (at least 1/2"), round pizza stone, no bigger than 16" diameter. The GrillPro one at Home Hardware looks quite thin; same with the one I saw at Placewares in St. Lawrence Market. There were reports in this thread about ones purchased at Nella and at Sasmart, but not much detail as to dimensions, etc. Mon May 11 07:12:24 -0700 2009 3127338 25124 gnuf 1 4676315 I use a piece of untreated granite, but then I heard that defects in the stone could causse them to explode and damage your oven. Anyone ever had a pizza stone explode? Tue May 12 07:47:46 -0700 2009 3127338 73936 Finnegan