Using a paddle or rimless cookie sheet slide your pizza onto the stone. Marble is dolomite....calcium carbonate, acid, like tomatoes erode it Marble is s "soft" stone....compared to granite....and compared to a traditional pizza stone non absorbent....won't accomplish the crisping of the crust that a porous stone will. We have three sizes available of the Pizza Stone with Copper Handles. Some prefer using marble, but one of the drawbacks is that they are not that easy to take out of the oven for cleaning because they are much heavier. Make sure it has cooled down thoroughly and then use warm water to rinse. I have honed marble countertops. Marble is also usually more costly. All I was saying was that I have a piece of granite being used as a baking stone. Marble is likely polished with chemicals. You will need to be careful to start with though. schedule MON-FRI 8-4 pm • Saturday 10-2 Closed Sunday, please call to confirm. Always just rinse your stone when needed. An array of kitchen gourmet soapstone cookware along with coolware unsurpassed by modern technology awaits you…  The possibilities in and around the kitchen are endless. There are no stains but there are some etches. 10″, 12″ and 15″ are all available right now on our online store, please click here to purchase them or give us a call to order. We carry a full line of soapstone pots, saute cookers and more! Jamie Oliver has previously recommened the use of a simple granite slab as a Pizza stone so provided there are no coatings etc. Marble however, needs to be cleaned more often because it easily gets stained. Pizza/baking stones made of unglazed ceramic clay are the most preferred. TemperatureWare Orders ship within the 48 Continental US States – additional charges will be billed for shipments outside the US. What makes it white or colored? One good thing about marble though, is that you could use it as a pastry board. I have not had any experience with Marble, i'm guessing it would take quite some time to heat up. Pizza stones are made of ceramic and are tempered for the heat - they are not made of real "stone". In order for it to work at its maximum best, a pizza stone comes with the recommendation to preheat it for about an hour or so — this way, it’s super hot when the pizza hits it. Besides being heavy, would this work? Ever! place Mailing: PO Box 723 • Castleton, VT 05735 Preheat the oven to 500F with the stone in it. Erosion, no. Hundred year old marble exposed to the elements is not eroded. Not sure that marble would withstand the heat of an oven set at 500 degrees.....and a cool pizza slid on top. There is place, near here, that does stuff with ice cream,on a surface of ice cold marble, (Stone Cold Creamery),But I don't think it would work in an oven. 6. In the case of Neapolitan pizza ovens, which internally generate about 700 Fahrenheit, the dough will heat up to nearly 395 degrees, which means the steel pans the pies are placed on will be even hotter and could also affect marble surfaces. We believe that people deserve to have beautiful furniture without breaking the bank so we handcraft our pieces... 8 Things You Didn’t Know About Italian Marble, Montgomery County's Handcrafted & Affordable Furniture Gallery. Served on the hot Soapstone Pizza stone right out of the oven, pizza will stay “hot to the last slice”. Shrewsbury, MA (508) 366-9400. I try to protect with cutting boards, but don't catch everything. This project gallery shows just a few examples of our outstanding work. Acid, like tomatoes, will etch the marble surface but not erode it. Call us for reservations/to place a takeout order, or you can do it online at the top of this screen! I do not know what chemicals are used to finish the marble in question and that would be important.