Title: How to Clean a Pizza Steel After Use
You're not just cleaning a pizza steel after use. You're preserving its heat-retaining powers for the next bake session. It's a matter of basic hygiene, sure, but it's also an act of kitchen alchemy: the more you care for your baking tools, the better they perform over time.
Pizza steel is no exception. Our Original Pizza Steel conducts heat better than stone, heating up faster and holding that warmth longer. It gives you those crisp bottom crusts and that oven spring we all crave. But if you don't clean it right, it loses its mojo.
Here's the thing about steel: it's smart. It knows heat. And when it comes to cleaning, a little warmth goes a long way. That's why our Original Pizza Steel loves a good soak in warm water before you scrub it down. Let it sit for 15 minutes or so, and then use a non-abrasive sponge or cloth to gently wipe off any gunk. No soap here – we don't want to strip away those heat-retaining properties.
But what about the tough stuff? The baked-on bits that seem impossible to shift? Enter our Pumice Cleaning Brick ($18). It's a natural abrasive that won't scratch your steel, but it will get rid of that stubborn gunk without breaking a sweat. Just rub the brick gently over the surface until the gunk disappears – and hey presto, your pizza steel is as good as new.
Now, let's talk about storage. Your pizza steel needs to cool down before you put it away, so give it some space to breathe. Don't stack anything on top of it while it's cooling – that could trap heat and moisture, which isn't great for your steel's longevity. Once it's cooled, store it in a dry place with plenty of airflow.
And that, my friends, is how you clean a pizza steel after use. It's not rocket science – but then again, it kind of is. After all, when you think about it, baking a pizza on a superheated slab of metal is pretty darn close to rocket science. But that's another story for another day.
In the meantime, keep baking, keep cleaning, and keep enjoying those crispy bottom crusts. They're worth the effort.
