I was watching the Food Network. The host of the cooking show was saying how having something like bricks in the oven keep the temperature steady, expecially when I opne and close it a lot-- or in the case of making cookies, where I'd be swapping trays in and out.
I was wonderig if anyone does this? and which bricks are safe? Do some bricks contain lead?!?!
2007-12-26 07:25:06 · 10 answers · asked by mike c 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
I keep an extra large pizza stone in my oven ALL THE TIME.....and yes, it does help keep the oven temperature more even, especially if you open it a lot during the cooking of (whatever). The heat of the stone helps the temperature recover after the repeated opening of the oven door.....
Christopher
2007-12-26 07:33:20 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heat Bricks In Oven
2017-01-19 12:17:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just use regular bricks. You can buy special ones made for high temps but the oven doesnt really get hot enough to make this necessary. Just take about 4 bricks, clean them, wrap them in foil and set them in the bottom of your oven. You also need to let your oven preheat for at least a half hour. You need the oven to be hot not just the air in the oven. This is why the bricks help maintain the heat. They are 350 degree and not just the oven.
2007-12-26 07:35:14 · answer #3 · answered by wihntr 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not bricks, but I keep my large pizza stone in the oven on the bottom shelf all the time. I can't remember taking it out except when I clean the oven. It does seem to help maintain an even oven temperature.
2007-12-26 07:38:33 · answer #4 · answered by Carlo d'Umbria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no lead in bricks, just make sure you don't use any bricks that had paint on them.
use clay bricks, ( or clay "pizza stone" or clay/ceramic anything), don't use concrete bricks. There are also special "firebricks" made specifically for high heat applications, usually used on the inside of fireplaces, and you can get them as thin as 1" or as thick as 2 1/2 " and you can get these at a brickyard.
Whatever ones you use, they will moderate sudden changes in temperature, keep heat more steady, although pre-heating the oven will take a bit more time.
I use firebricks in my barbeque, and it helps thoroughly cook things all the way through without scorching the outer surface of the foods, in the process. The results are wonderful having added thin firebricks in the barbeque.
2007-12-28 01:53:59 · answer #5 · answered by million$gon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some pizza tiles from a gourmet shop and line the bottom of the oven. If you have an electric element exposed, just move a rack to the bottom rung and lay the tiles on the rack.
The heavy mass of the tiles or bricks absorbs heat and does stabilize the temperature. If you do want to use bricks, just wrap them in foil if you are worried about contamination. I would only use one or two bricks.
2007-12-26 07:37:17 · answer #6 · answered by sallyvisualfuture 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
heard putting bricks oven temperature stable
2016-02-03 05:42:06 · answer #7 · answered by Filberto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-01 23:37:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I bought a pizza stone I've had for a decade or more
I am no judge
I just use a thermometer
2007-12-26 07:33:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bricks wrapped in foil, or a pizza stone will work fine..
this is the same premise used when cooking a standing rib roast - enclose the roast in a ceramic (terra cotta) pot to regulate the heat
2007-12-26 07:43:34 · answer #10 · answered by princessil0523 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋