Pizza Baking Steel 34 x 34cm
Why use a steel to cook your pizza or bread at home?
A pizza/ bread steel gets hotter than a pizza stone, because a steel has a higher level of heat conductivity than ceramic or cordierite. This generally means that a pizza steel will cook your pizza quicker than a pizza stone will.
The highly conductive baking steel absorbs high heat to cook your pizza quickly, with a crunchy bottom. When you bake a pizza using a pizza steel, the first step is to place your steel in the oven to preheat it. When you place the pizza on a hot steel, the steel will transfer heat to the pizza dough, cooking it faster and making for the perfect pizza with a delicious crispy base.
A pizza steel is also chemical free.
It is important to clena the steel in warm water, dry thoughroughly and oil before storing in a suitable place.
Pizza & Bread Baking Steel – 34 × 34cm
Bring professional-style heat transfer to your home oven with the Pizza & Bread Baking Steel. Made from heavy 5mm 250-grade steel, it stores and transfers heat efficiently, helping create crisp pizza bases and well-developed bread crusts. A hot baking surface, such as a baking steel, helps maximise this by giving the dough a strong burst of heat from underneath. This can result in a taller loaf, more open crumb and better-developed crust.
The steel's high thermal mass provides a strong, consistent source of heat directly beneath your dough. It is ideal for pizza, sourdough, artisan bread, focaccia, flatbreads and other baked goods where a strong, even base heat is important.
For home ovens, a baking steel is one of the best ways to achieve the intense, consistent heat needed for professional-quality pizza and artisan-style bread.
Made in Australia and finished by hand, the 34 × 34cm steel features an integrated handle for easy handling and a hanging hole for convenient storage.
Features
- 5mm thick 250-grade steel
- 34 × 34cm cooking surface
- Weight approx 5.7kg
- Excellent heat retention and heat transfer
- Ideal for pizza and bread baking
- Suitable for sourdough, focaccia, flatbreads and other baked goods
- Integrated handle for easy handling
- Hanging hole for storage
- Made in Australia
Using the Baking Steel
Place the steel in your oven and allow it to preheat for 30–45 minutes at the highest safe temperature. Once fully heated, the steel transfers intense heat directly to the dough, helping produce crisp pizza bases, golden bread crusts and improved crumb.
Care
The uncoated steel surface should be seasoned with a light coating of cooking oil and kept dry between uses. Clean with a brush or scraper, dry thoroughly and lightly oil before storing to help protect against rust.
