Nerd Chef Speed Steel Round - High Performance Pizza Baking Stone | Integrated Backstop & Handles | Heating Fins (14" x .90" Thick)

So after reading the website description and review. I message the seller to clarify the material of this pizza baking steel, not stone!! 1st of all; Some reviewer says it's cast iron, well; the fact is; it is not!!! It's what they call cast steel, anyway I did lots of research because I will be using this a lot for baking so wanted to make sure it's save for my family. ( since we will be putting the food in our body ), anyway, can't find much info about cast steel, safety wise, so I a sum since it's steel should be safe especially in the long run, ( I hope ) so follow the instructions to the T; for cleaning and caring, no soap, use only hot water hand wash, dry with towel asap, their still left over mark from the bread. / flour. Btw; this thing is really heavy!!! For baking I think is better than the stone since it's " heavy duty" I am going to use it a couple more time just to see how it goes, if still good, keep, if not; return. Will update later.Just tried it a 2nd time, the thing is already leaving mark from the bread, not user friendly, I think I need to get something with a better quality instead, returning this.

Yes, this is Cast Steel, which is very common alternative to baking stones. Steel is commonly used in wok's and other cooking materials, and the seasoning on this is similar to cast iron. Anyone familiar with caring for cast iron should be at home using this. I found it to be great at cooking my pizza, despite my oven capping at 500 degrees.For those unfamiliar with baking at high temps, it's very common for excess flour to burn onto the pan. Should be easy to clean off and seasoning just like cast iron is simple as well.

I’ve made 4 pizzas so far with this using Vito Lacopellis recipe for dough and it’s great at making a crust. Would recommend and buy again.

This product advertises itself as a baking steel and then has both steel and stone in the product name. In truth, it is neither. It tells you to clean it like cast iron because it is cast iron, which means that this is double in price what it should be. For what it is, it works okay, but considering it is in the front 5 when searching for a pizza steel on Amazon, I didn't get what I was looking for or what I paid for. Scummy company that just made my "never buy from here again" list.

I ordered this because our new LG oven does a terrible job browning the bottom of pizza. The stone we had would not brown adequately, but this metal platform works great! Just make sure you give it 30 to 45 minutes to heat up. I cook at 550 with a convection setting. I would definitely buy it again.