On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:35:03 -0500, Steve Calvin
> wrote:

>Curly Sue wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:30:46 -0500, Steve Calvin
>> > wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The one (and only) thing that I've found worth while from Pampered
>>>Chef is the oven stone. No preheating required (I know, but trust me
>>>it works with this one).
>>>
>>>http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_prod...ategoryCode=FH
>>>
>>
>> I had a Pampered chef pizza stone for several years, until I tried
>> pre-heating it. When I put the somewhat cool (not cold) dough on it,
>> it cracked. Kee-rack!
>>
>> Sue(tm)
>> Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
>
>Probably so. The instructions that came with mine specifically said
>*not* to preheat. I never have and have always been happy with the
>crust.

Yes, the instructions did say not to preheat and I succumbed to the
temptation of trying to compare the two methods. In my defense, there
was a certain amount of external encouragement for preheating the
stone to a very high temperature. :>

However, because I now often make a couple of pizze, one after
another, it would be impossible not to have it pre-heated between pies
and I'd eventually run into the problem anyway.

So far I haven't had a problem with pre-heating my current stone,
knock on wood!

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!