Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am in the refractory materials business at industrial level, so you bet I have some knowledge on refractory materials properties and performance. I bought two stones for my home oven. The stones fit side by side perfectly allowing a full surface and room for manipulating your pizza without having to worry about sauce or chese spills falling to the oven bottom. Two stones side by side allows baking any pizza size up to 14 inches . The product arrived in an excellent package duly protected that I stil use to store the stones after use. All complaints I did read from other customers about smelling are simply because whether they didn't read or didn't follow the absolute clear instructions that come along with the stone. As any refractory brick you should never dare wash it while still hot due to thermal shock will create the material to crack and break. Also you should not dare washing the stone with any kind of detergent becasu the stone will absorb the chemicals that may be harmful as well as transmitt such chemicals to the pizza dough while baking. Just wash the stone with water after cooling and scrape any cheese or dough particles with a metal spatula or a steel wire sponge. It is absolutely normal the stone getting "cured" with use , so don't worry about the stains left by the pizza , that's absolutely normal. Simply go and have a look inside a wood-fired oven in the pizzeria and you will see how many stains it has. People who complain about any smell is just because they didn't read or didn't follow the absolutely clear instructions included with the product . One last advice: after use and washing allow the stone to dry completely , if possible under sun light. Otherwise, if you store it still wet you may create an excellent environment for fungus growth. This pizza stone is a real excelent product. It may last many years and allow you to enjoy tasty pizzas if cared properly. I hope these lines have been of some help.