On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:33:10 -0500
"Wendy" > wrote:

> I have a stone from Pampered Chef. I don't preheat. I make whatever it
> is,usually pizza, put on stone, putin preheated oven, cook for 10-15
> minutes, then usually broil for 2-3 mins. Remove from oven and cut,


Oh, well, that explains everything.

There's no meaningful thermal mass in the pampered chef stones, and so
there's no real point in preheating it.

My baking stone is extremely heavy, handling it is dangerous because i
could slip and break my foot with it, or the floor, or the stone, or all
three. It hasn't left the oven since i bought it.