Fibrament-D

13 3/8″ x 17 1/2″ Fibrament-D baking stone in my oven.
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Well, the 13 3/8″ x 17 1/2″ Fibrament-D baking stone I ordered from bakingstone.com arrived yesterday. After my previous sandstone stone broke while baking this pizza I had to get a new one. While I thought I could do without, I soon realized that I do almost all of my bread and pizza baking on a stone, and I’ve been unable to make fresh or frozen pizzas at home!

Following along with the directions packed in with the stone I put it in the oven to temper it. This needs to be done by raising the temperature of the stone 100°F every hour until it reaches 500°F, then holding it there for two hours. This is to dry and temper the stone and get it ready for use. Doing this reminds me of the time I made a stand for my PowerMac G5 from 6061 aluminum and brought it to a T6 temper in my oven (photo gallery retired), except it smells of damp concrete instead of metal.

One interesting thing is that the top of the stone is rough almost like natural stone, and the bottom is textured almost like cardboard, which leads me to believe that it is poured into a form before setting.

The rest of the photos can be seen in my Fibrament-D photo album (photo gallery retired), if you are so inclined.