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How to clean a pizza stone?

I got a pizza stone for Christmas, which is great since I've always wanted one...but it is white.  After the first time I used it there are these spots that just won't wipe off.  Is this grease from the pizza that sunk into the stone and won't come off, or did I just miss pizza stone cleaning 101 and there's a special way (other than dish soap and hot water) to wipe it down?  It looks pretty gross...
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Re: How to clean a pizza stone?

  • Don't use soap!  You rinse or wipe with hot water.  You want it to season.  Eventually it will turn dark from the grease.  That's what makes it non-stick.

    ETA: My MIL's are now brown and they are amazing! 

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  • I think you are supposed to bake them in the oven on high heat, and brush it off afterwards. I dont think water is good for them.
  • OK, thanks!  My parents had a dark one that we'd just wipe down after using and it never looked spotty so I thought something was wrong with mine.  

    Now I just don't understand why on earth they make these in white!  It looks like a hippie used my pizza stone as a pillow...yuck!

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  • It will just keep getting darker and darker.  Mine started off white, but you'd never know it now.  I leave it in the oven all the time and just take it out and scrape it periodically.
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  • They just get darker and darker. It's a good thing, getting nice and seasoned! I just wipe mine with a damp cloth after it's cooled down. If I get cheese stuck on it, I usually just lay a wet wash cloth on the cheese for a half hour or an hour and then it comes right off. I've never put it in the oven on high heat just to bake off the stuck-on stuff. 
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  • I leave mine in when I clean my oven and then just wipe off the ash.
  • Per directions on the package and confirmed on a cooking segment I recently saw, never use soap.  I scrape off stuck on food with a plastic pan scraper (a buck at Pier1, looks like the head of a rubber spatula), and then wipe down and rinse with hot water.

    They do look icky.  Wish there was a way to have it look nice and work well.

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