Ceramic Tiles At The Pizza Oven Entrance

Mosaic fireplace and oven surrounds.

Ceramic tiles at the pizza oven entrance.

You can even bake or warm bread and pastries or cook vegetables on the stone and get all healthy. Now you can duplicate crispy pizzeria quality pizza crust and all in a standard kitchen oven. A couple of years ago i wrote a page explaining how glass ceramic and stone tiles can be used for mosaic fireplace surrounds and how the tiles should be mounted with thinset mortar or white pva polyvinyl acetate adhesives such as weldbond but we are talking about the surrounds not inside the firebox. The cuisinart pizza stone is made of ceramic which allows it to heat quickly and evenly ensuring that there is a golden crust spread evenly on the pizza and is perfectly baked.

Go to your local floor covering store and buy a large 12 by 12 inch ceramic floor tile. Quarry tiles is another name for them and they look like terra cotta pots these things are essentially just really cheap tiles often installed in commercial settings or other high traffic areas. Pizza stones or alternatively unglazed ceramic tiles give pizzas breads and much more a marvelous crust. Tiles of different designs can be interchanged on same oven.

Given the variety of colors and styles of tiles available at hardware stores the design possibilities are huge. Also ideal for re crisping last night s pizza baking frozen pizza slices or getting a crispy crust on focaccia or bread. The 2 1 2 floor can be fully heated to an 800ºf pizza baking temperature which allows for continuous baking without the floor cooling down. The quarry tile needs to fit in your oven so that there is at least an inch or so space all the way around it.

Stone is a pure ceramic product made of clays fired at over 2000 degrees fahrenheit. The forno bravo oven uses 18 x18 x2 1 2 true firebrick baking tiles the optimal thickness and material for baking pizza napoletana. A glaze on the tile can contain lead and when subjected to the heat of the oven this can transfer to the food you re cooking possibly into the air. Some people use just one of the big tiles which works well if you are going to make small pizzas.

In your pizza making arsenal you list baking stones which cost about 50. However it is easiest to buy several six inch tiles and fit them in your oven.