{"product_id":"baking-steel-original-1-4-thick-pizza-steel","title":"Baking Steel, Original — 1\/4\" Thick Pizza Steel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP ONLY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Baking Steel® Original arrives pre-seasoned and ready to use, no homework required. A 1\/4-inch-thick, 15-pound slab of solid carbon steel that turns your home oven into a high-heat pizza oven. Steel conducts heat 18x faster than ceramic, giving you blistered crusts, incredible oven spring, and a crisp bottom in under 7 minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSeasoned by hand. In Massachusetts.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFourteen years in, I'm still the one telling our cutters where the steel comes from. American mills, every time. It isn't something a customer can check, which is exactly why I've never handed it off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery Baking Steel is finished and seasoned by hand at my family's plant. Organic flax oil, worked across the surface and baked on in a commercial oven, one at a time. My brother Eric does it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlax is what we use because it polymerizes hard and clean. It's the same thing that's been used on cast iron for a hundred years, and it's the reason the surface only gets better with time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's why it shows up ready. Open the box, preheat it, make a pizza. Nothing to do first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHand seasoning means no two look exactly alike. You might see a swirl, or a patch darker than the rest. That's the oil. Cook on it and the whole surface deepens and evens out. A steel you've had ten years cooks better than one out of the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe do the work so you don't have to. That's the whole idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect For:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHome pizza makers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho want pizzeria-quality crusts in 5–7 minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBread bakers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elooking for bakery-level oven spring without a Dutch oven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnyone upgrading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom a cracked pizza stone or flimsy baking sheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Baking Steel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56947298173094,"sku":"0812202611","price":139.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/3799\/9014\/files\/Baking_Steel_Original_1_4_Thick_Pizza_Steel_Tacoma_Knife_1.webp?v=1786567629","url":"https:\/\/www.tacomaknife.com\/products\/baking-steel-original-1-4-thick-pizza-steel","provider":"Tacoma Knife","version":"1.0","type":"link"}