Thread: pizza baking strategy

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<[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> I normally make a 12 inch round pie and bake it on my round stone.
> I'd like to make a large pizza for company and thought I might use a
> 13 inch pan and make an oblong pie. Since the dough won't be going
> directly onto that stone, what adjustments should I make in time and
> temperature? Any other suggestions for avoiding a soggy bottom?
>
> Thanks.

This isn't what you want to hear and it doesn't answer your t&t
question, but I'd bake two smaller pizzas rather than one big one. You
can make a couple different kinds and be eating one while the other
bakes. Cut smaller pieces if you have to in order to make a piece
available to everyone on the first pass. JMO.
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[email protected] wrote in news:9b36f6d2-9f3b-42e4-86ad-69a3455c4a52@
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> I normally make a 12 inch round pie and bake it on my round stone.
> I'd like to make a large pizza for company and thought I might use a
> 13 inch pan and make an oblong pie. Since the dough won't be going
> directly onto that stone, what adjustments should I make in time and
> temperature? Any other suggestions for avoiding a soggy bottom?
>
> Thanks.
>


Drill holes in the pan.

I have two pizza trays. One 'normal' one with holes. I have to take the pizza
off the 'normal' one to finish cooking the bottom, the one with holes does it
in one shot.



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"Melba's Jammin'" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article
> <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I normally make a 12 inch round pie and bake it on my round stone.
>> I'd like to make a large pizza for company and thought I might use a
>> 13 inch pan and make an oblong pie. Since the dough won't be going
>> directly onto that stone, what adjustments should I make in time and
>> temperature? Any other suggestions for avoiding a soggy bottom?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> This isn't what you want to hear and it doesn't answer your t&t
> question, but I'd bake two smaller pizzas rather than one big one. You
> can make a couple different kinds and be eating one while the other
> bakes. Cut smaller pieces if you have to in order to make a piece
> available to everyone on the first pass. JMO.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> http://web.me.com/barbschaller
> "What you say about someone else says more
> about you than it does about the other person."

I agree. If you're used to a stone, a pan will change everything. As Barb
says, make two.

Ed.

On Mar 13, 9:52*pm, "Theron" <oa...@rocketmail.com> wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" <barbschal...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> news:[email protected]..
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>
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> > In article
> > <9b36f6d2-9f3b-42e4-86ad-69a3455c4...@41g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
> > tweeny90...@mypacks.net wrote:
>
> >> I normally make a 12 inch round pie and bake it on my round stone.
> >> I'd like to make a large pizza for company and thought I might use a
> >> 13 inch pan and make an oblong pie. *Since the dough won't be going
> >> directly onto that stone, what adjustments should I make in time and
> >> temperature? *Any other suggestions for avoiding *a soggy bottom?
>
> >> Thanks.
>
> > This isn't what you want to hear and it doesn't answer your t&t
> > question, but I'd bake two smaller pizzas rather than one big one. *You
> > can make a couple different kinds and be eating one while the other
> > bakes. *Cut smaller pieces if you have to in order to make a piece
> > available to everyone on the first pass. *JMO.
> > --
> > -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
> >http://web.me.com/barbschaller
> > "What you say about someone else says more
> > about you than it does about the other person."
>
> I agree. If you're used to a stone, a pan will change everything. As Barb
> says, make two.
>
> Ed.

Yeah - I've tried to think it thru. I can see myself having to jump
up and down to eat, get that other pie in the oven (and I use a two
stage baking method too.)

I guess it can't be helped. I COULD load on so much in the way of
toppings that no one would want more than a slice or two. I could
always slice it into ten rather than eight. I could load 'em up on
salad and some minestrone beforehand.

Thanks for the thoughts. I KNOW in my heart that going from stone
baked to pan would---well-- NOT be good.

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:00:08 -0700 (PDT), [email protected]
wrote:
>
>Yeah - I've tried to think it thru. I can see myself having to jump
>up and down to eat, get that other pie in the oven (and I use a two
>stage baking method too.)
>
>I guess it can't be helped. I COULD load on so much in the way of
>toppings that no one would want more than a slice or two. I could
>always slice it into ten rather than eight. I could load 'em up on
>salad and some minestrone beforehand.
>
>Thanks for the thoughts. I KNOW in my heart that going from stone
>baked to pan would---well-- NOT be good.

Why don't you get a larger "stone" or line your oven shelf with
unglazed quarry tiles? I prefer tiles myself. They even take on a
glossy black "nonstick" quality after enough uses, provided you don't
break them first.


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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Mar 14, 11:39*am, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:00:08 -0700 (PDT), tweeny90...@mypacks.net
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >Yeah - I've tried to think it thru. *I can see myself having to jump
> >up and down to eat, get that other pie in the oven (and I use a two
> >stage baking method too.)
>
> >I guess it can't be helped. *I COULD load on so much in the way of
> >toppings that no one would want more than a slice or two. *I could
> >always slice it into ten rather than eight. *I could load 'em up on
> >salad and some minestrone beforehand.
>
> >Thanks for the thoughts. I KNOW in my heart that going from stone
> >baked to pan would---well-- NOT be good.
>
> Why don't you get a larger "stone" or line your oven shelf with
> unglazed quarry tiles? *I prefer tiles myself. *They even take on a
> glossy black "nonstick" quality after enough uses, provided you don't
> break them first.


Thanks, but not worth the trouble for the few times I'm inclined to
throw pizza parties.