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Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

The Hidden Reason Pizza Stones Crack After a Season Outdoors – And the Long-Lasting Fix to Ensure Artisanal Pizza Year after Year

Cooking a pizza in a pizza oven.

In my opinion, there is no better summer appliance than a pizza oven. But after months spent outside or in outdoor storage over winter, you might return to find the all-important pizza stone has cracked.

The culprit is often moisture, says pizza expert Vickie Hawley, founder of Delivita. Repeated exposure to fluctuating temperatures – especially during early spring use – allows moisture trapped in the stone to expand and contract, eventually causing it to crack and bringing this year’s pizza parties to a halt.

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