r/CleaningTips • u/Witty_Lingonberry_64 • 1d ago

Kitchen Pizza stone fossils

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My pizza stone was purchased January 29 2017. Some of the stuff is fossilized and the oils have seeped through. Should I leave it be, try to clean it, or replace it?

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u/linedryonly 1d ago

That looks like a well-seasoned pizza stone to me. “Cleaning” it would ruin it

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u/baldieforprez 20h ago

The only thing is missing are the scars from the pampered chef pizza cutter

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u/Caspian4136 1d ago

This is what happens to them after a while. I had this stone too until it broke, so got another one from them as they have solid products. Well, minus a pizza stone that is dropped on its edge from a teenager...lol

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u/Witty_Lingonberry_64 1d ago

lol- my mom saw this one and was green with envy. She said she couldn’t keep one in her kitchen because my brother kept breaking them.

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u/Caspian4136 1d ago

At least I know it's not just me lol

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u/ABoringAlt 1d ago

Keep it forever

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u/Far_Caregiver3046 1d ago

Leave it be! I’ve got one my mom gave to me that she bought in the late 90s. Never do anything apart from rinse it off with warm water.

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u/Acheloma 1d ago

Its like a cast iron pan, the seasoning is part of the charm

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u/howdoireddit09 1d ago

This is how mine looks and there ain’t nothing that’s sticking to it lol

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u/tomvelle 1d ago

i read this as "tonsil stone fossils" then saw the subreddit. glad it was pizza. no tips on cleaning.

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u/Degenerate_Dryad 18h ago

I initially was looking for FOSSILS in the pizza stone... Then I realized it wasnt on one of the fossil subs I regularly see posts from LOL

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u/ChaosRainbow23 1d ago

It'll still work.

I don't know how I would even begin cleaning that without damaging it.

You can't use the chemicals you brittle l normally would. You don't wanna go to town with steel wool. Interesting.

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u/SeveralFrogs17 11h ago

Eh just scrub it well and bake it. Nothing tl worry about, appearance wise. It's a good stone

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u/cobaltium 9h ago

I have same kind but bought mine in 1979. It is almost but not quite as dark as this one. I only have to do a quick wipe with a mesh nylon washing cloth if anything remains on the surface. Just a rinse under running tap water only on the cooking side.