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Baking Steel makes the Original Baking Steel, a 1/4-inch thick steel surface designed to heat quickly in a home oven to deliver crisp crusts, strong oven spring, and faster pizza bakes. Made in Massachusetts in a family steel shop, the steel is marketed for use in ovens, on stovetops, and on grills, with related products like griddles, pizza peels, and cleaning bricks. They also offer free online pizza classes, recipes, and a home-chef community to help users elevate their pizza at home.
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Pizza & Bread Baking Tools →Excerpts where Baking Steel appeared in the AI's answer

Baking steel: Much more thermally conductive, so it dumps heat into the bottom of the dough quickly. This generally gives you faster browning and a crisper bottom.

Baking Steel offers vastly superior thermal conductivity compared to cordierite.
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Baking Steel Modernist Cuisine Special Edition ($N/A - Premium): If you want a thicker 3 8-i n c h monster for ultimate heat retention

Baking Steel Original (1/4" thick) is praised for its perfect balance of weight, size, and performance.
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Baking Steel Company : Famous for originating the ultra-durable ¼-inch and-thick carbon steel slabs

Baking Steel Company : Known for creating the original heavy-duty ultra-conductive steel.
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Baking Steel/Stone: Placing a heavy steel or stone inside a standard oven helps maintain a steady temperature and provides a hot surface for a strong oven spring.