{"id":15090,"date":"2022-08-20T21:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T21:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecofamilylife.com\/?p=15090"},"modified":"2022-08-20T21:15:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T21:15:52","slug":"why-your-pizza-stone-smells-plus-when-to-throw-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecofamilylife.com\/kitchen-hacks\/why-your-pizza-stone-smells-plus-when-to-throw-it-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Pizza Stone Smells | Plus When to Throw It Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pizza stones help you make the perfect pizza every time, but what if your stone starts to smell bad? At the risk of being a bit offensive, most of the time those bad smells are due to the porous pizza stone absorbing water, soap or other liquids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because pizza stones are porous there are certain things you\u2019re not supposed to put on it, the most important being soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For now, let\u2019s take a closer look at what might be making your pizza stone smell bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Causes of pizza stones smelling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are the top causes of smelly pizza stones and what you can do to prevent each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Using soap to clean your pizza stone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Some cheap stones are made out of ceramic and can be washed with soap and water, but the really good stones must not be cleaned with soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you purchase a good stone, it\u2019s going to be porous and will soak up almost anything you put on it. Soap gets into the pores of the stone and never leaves, regardless of how good you wash and rinse the stone afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time this can cause the pizza stone to smell, especially when it is heated up. The soap can smoke and can stink out your whole oven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Putting pizza stones in the dishwasher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Always avoid putting your pizza stone in the dishwasher as it can cause<\/a> it to absorb food and dirty water and cause it to smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dishwashers always expose dishes to tons of water, which is not good for your stone, as well as soaps and washing powders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember that anything that goes onto your stone will go into the pores and might eventually make it start to smell. When you have a good pizza stone, you don\u2019t want to ruin it by cleaning it in the dishwasher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Using too much water on your stone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Water ruins the integrity of the pizza stone and gets stuck in the pores. When you put it in the oven afterwards, it starts to smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can use a damp towel or cloth to clean the stone, but a lot of water is always a bad thing for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like other things you put on top of the stone, water can also make the stone a lot less efficient when it\u2019s in the oven if you use too much water to clean it. It is always best to keep your stone away from water whenever you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Putting oil or grease on the stone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve likely read about adding oil or grease to the stone in order to \u201cset\u201d it, but this is not generally recommended by the experts. Oil and grease, like everything else, gets into the pores and causes a bad smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is mostly because high temperatures \u2013 such as the ones usually used to bake pizza \u2013 cause the oils to smoke, and that smoke can get caught in the stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve already used a tiny bit of oil on your stone a handful of times, it\u2019s all right, but you should stop doing so at this point to prevent bad smells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Leaving stuck-on food or debris on the stone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to decide you don\u2019t feel like cleaning stuck-on food from the stone after making your pizza, but it is never a good idea to leave it there. Just like anything else, it can get into the pores and cause the stone to stink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best thing to do is buy a scrubber made just for pizza stones and use that to clean off the debris every time you use it. If you clean the stone after each use, it\u2019s easy to avoid a lot of these smells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an easy way to clean your pizza stone, check out the video below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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