On Apr 4, 6:44*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2012 15:33:26 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
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> >On Apr 4, 3:07*pm, Jim Elbrecht > wrote:
> >> Kalmia > wrote:
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> >> >If you buy a stone, be sure you have the lifting handles, too --
> >> >although I can't imagine a sonte being sold without them.
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> >> Mine didn't come with handles. *And if it did I would have lost them
> >> by now. * *I put the stone on the bottom rack of the oven several
> >> years ago. * *I do take it out to clean the oven, but otherwise it
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> >> When I roast veggies, I use that rack and think it helps caramelize
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> >See, I use the handles to remove the entire stone when the pizza's
> >done. *I'd rather cut the pizza on the stone than on the peel, which
> >be in splinters by now. *My stone lives on the handles, except for the
> >rare occasion when a roasting pan won't fit level on the stone.
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> Too heavy for me. * I take it out with the peel and slip it off onto a
> cutting board. * * *But I'd still *eat *your* pizza-- and I'd
> appreciate the extra effort you went through to move that stone.<g>
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> Jim

Anything to not dirty another tool!! I have a good back, so moving it
ain't a problem, altho it's when I wish my oven door opened to the
side rather than down toward the floor. PLUS, lying on that stone
keeps the pizza hot for a longer while in case I want seconds or
thirds..