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Tried to make my own pizza dough from scratch last night. Felt like I was following instructions for building a rocket.
I watched about 4 YouTube videos on Friday and got my hopes way up. Used the fancy bread flour from the Italian market and let it rise for 6 hours. Thought I was being clever by using a pizza stone I found at a thrift store in Cleveland for $12. Heated the oven to 500 degrees but forgot to check the stone's temperature with an infrared gun. The dough stuck to everything, the peel, my hands, even the counter. Ended up with a crust that was black on the bottom and raw in the middle. My wife took one bite and said the flour was the only thing that tasted good. Has anyone else had trouble with a cheap pizza stone cracking or burning everything?
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stella_lane8d ago
Notice how much of modern life sells us the idea that cheap shortcuts will work just as well as the real thing, but they almost always fail at the worst possible moment. I have this same problem with my tire pressure gauge from the dollar store, it lies to me about the pressure and then I'm stuck on the side of the road wondering why I didn't just spend the extra five bucks. Cheap pizza stones and cheap gauges are basically the same lesson, you pay for reliability in the long run or you pay for it in stress.
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ivan_mason8d ago
You used to think cheap pizza stones were fine? Me too until I grabbed one from Goodwill and it split in half on the first preheat. Sounded like a gunshot in my kitchen, scared the cat.
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