Adam Preble wrote on 07 Jan 2007 in rec.food.cooking

> I wanted two cheap pizza stones that I could double up and use to bake
> bread and such. I've seen suggestions online to look into unglazed
> quarry tile with some caveats. Most noteably, graphite is a bad idea
> because it's radioactive--though I imagine that's not the least of it.
>
> At the local Home Depot, they only had slate. It was very rough and
> didn't seem suitable. Does anybody have a suggestion on a stone and of
> any stores that might have it? I'm trying to get 15" tiles.
>

soap stone. at least that you can sand smooth at home if it is too rough.