A ceramic baking stone should never be seasoned. It serves several purposes in baking. First it is a barrier between the dough and the intense radiant heat of the fire.
Second, a preheated stone provides an initial burst of heat that gives dough an initial push in rising when it is placed on the stone.
But the reason why you don’t want to put anything on your baking stone to season it is that the bare ceramic surface also absorbs some of the moisture in the dough and helps to develop the crust.
So, any new ceramic baking stone should be used just as it is without any sort of seasoning. Save the seasoning for the cast iron.
On the other hand, there are baking stones sold which are not made from ceramic.
The manufacturers of these stones apparently do recommend that you season the stone.
So all we can say is that if you use a ceramic stone, do not season it.
If you use a stone made from something else, follow the manufacturer’s instructions. ↺#pizzastoneseason
Post time: Sep-29-2022