How to Clean a Pizza Stone - The Easy Way 

I normally just scrape off the solid bits and accept that it is “seasoned”.

This really works. Last week, our stone was a complete mess, just like in the video, I turned the oven on full. As I lead a pretty boring life and simple things amuse me, I then sat down and watched the 30-minute process. You can actually watch the marks turn to smoke and lift off! 😮 Sad, I know 😊

Got my first Ooni Karu for Father’s Day and did our first batch yesterday. Used ready rolled dough but even then came out really well and your videos gave me the confidence to do this so thanks! (Bearing in mind I’m Anglo Italian and have been eating wood fired pizza in Italy since I was a kid on holiday so should be in my genes! 😂) thanks again!

10,000 is amazing. I only subscribed to yourself about 2 weeks ago when I was looking to pick up an Ooni, as you had cooked Pizzas on a Kamado Joe before hand your perspective on the Ooni would be similar to mine. It was yourself that sealed it for me and I picked up a Karu and I love it. Your reviews are always good and detailed so keep up the good work man, really happy for you

Keep the videos coming! Really enjoy all the Ooni videos

Another option, I put my OONI KARU stone in my house oven and active the auto cleaning for 3 to 4 hours and it's perfectly clean both sides.

what do you think about cleaning te pizza stone when it is cold with sandpaper?

Great video! You are one of my go to ooni channels. Got a koda 16 a month ago and can't wait for the weather to let me try it out. In the meantime I'm binging on pizza videos....lol

Great tips snd advice Tom. I don’t go for a completely clean stone as a matured stone adds character and flavour to the base of the pizza. The Ooni brush really helps though when needed👍

Thank you for this. Very simple and easy method. Congratulations on the success of your channel.

I just cooked my first 3 pizzas into the Ooni Koda 16 oven and oh man was I horrible at launching pizzas all 3 pizzas ripped and 1 magically turned into a calzone and if this video helps me clean my stone im gonna be so happy.

Just a question about the Ooni brush, which I’ve just had delivered. On the packaging it says use in a no fire cold oven, but you did it in a hot fired oven. Is this still okay? I’ve heard that with it being hot some of the metal bristles can detach and go into the stone, potentially then getting picked up by your fresh dough and being eaten. Would you only recommend doing this at the end of cooks and not in between pizzas? Cheers. On a side note your videos have helped me out so much during my first few cooks and what accessories to get

Nice!! Thank you! I’m going to try this out. I don’t have a nice Ooni oven, but I think the same technique will work for mine.

Glad you did this one! We must have had beginners look cause our first pizza night went fantastic. Second time the very first launch went wrong and from there it was downhill 😂

Very nice method. My stone started out looking really bad and ended up very clean. Thanks, buddy.

Turning the pizza stone for self cleaning! Hwo knew! Brilliant! Thanks.

Didn’t know about the onni brush. Will be ordering that today to help with the stuck on bits. Thanks for the video!!

Great video, thanks for sharing! Where can I get the cart/table that you have?

Oh my could have used this two days ago lol thanks so much for posting this! 😊

Do you really need the Ooni branded brush? Is there something special about it, or while a standard (i.e. cheaper) BBQ brush work?

Hi Tom, I’m writing to you from Louisiana, USA. When I asked RU-vid for the easiest way to clean a Pizza stone. Your video was the 1st 1 that came up.Even though I don’t own a Omni Pizza Oven I went ahead & watched the whole video, because I know it will help you. Congrants on your 10K subscriber’s even though you now have over 13.7K including me. I do have a question My pizza stone is just a normal one that goes into my kitchen oven. Well this process work for it too? Thanks have a great weekend😊

looks like a good result. keep in mind that a bronze (softer) brush would probably be better to prevent damage to the stone. the ooni brush ($29) has stainless bristles. while i like the stone itself, i believe that it is NOT thick enough. it's the same thickness as on my bertello grande oven. the stone is either too hot or too cool. i am considering an italian biscotto stone for more even cooking, but the dang things are so expensive! thanks for your videos!

What outdoor table are you using here? Looking for one and the height of this one looks descent. Many I see are so damn short. Appreciated.

Your channel has been great to learn how to use my new Ooni Karu

And here I thought I’d done my pizza stone in!! Thank you!!

YES!! Congrats!! Thank you for this video. I fired up my Ooni Koda 16 for the first time last week and I "cleaned" my stone with the Ooni Wire Brush but it still didn't work as well. Great video as always. Oh and FIRST (officially) 🔊😁👍

I just want to say thank you for demonstrating the cleaning and going as far as putting sauce and cheese directly onto a really clean surfaces! Gives me the confidence in doing it. I just received a Solo Stove Pi and I’m struggling with the frozen dough and what appears to be way too hot of stone… :( the flour was burning onto the stove and even damaged (charred) the Bambu pizza peel. Well lesson learned and going to watch more of your videos! 😂

Thank you! 🙏🏼

Looks better than my first few pizza attempts 🙈

I think that the black carbon areas are permanent and it just improves the stone to cook better next time around. There's no reason to bring it back to its original grey or white appearance.

I’ve heard of turning the pizza stone over and the bottom will “clean” itself over cooks but at least in my experience, it doesn’t clean. The bottom is still not clean, it still has the black spots or sauce marks and it doesn’t clean. Maybe they’re part of the stone but I’ve never found that tip to be true. As side from that, nice video.

I think you are going overboard on cleaning. A well used and seasoned stone will have discoloration, doesn't mean it is dirty. I own a ooni 12 that gets used ever week. I use a comercial grade stainless steel spacula upside down to scrape off any loss toppings then blow out with cordless mini blower.

i put soap and cleaning detergent on my stone not knowing it sucks all liquids… is my stone still safe to bake on ?!

Watching this cause i told my wife go easy on the sauce and toppings… silly me tried to cook it anyway and yeah my pizza stone is now completely black like the entire thing. I tried to clean it but still black so i might flip and just ignore it haha.

You’re welcome 🌹🌹

Thanks

What ifI let the stone cool and scrubbed it with baking soda and water it did not come out clean

Been looking through your videos but I can't see any kind of video on how to clean your ooni (not just the stone). Have you considered showing that?

Thank you so much for posting this video! If you could see my pizza stone well just imagine it’s pretty disgusting. I’m gonna clean it tonight

This guy said just flip it over. Back to new😆😆😆

I swear by my Ooni Karu 12. The charcoal & wood take pizza to another level. Gas could never match that.

Just turn it upside down every now and then.👍

Can use soap and water.thanks

i dont know i tried it i turned my stone after each pizza cooking and now both sides are black 😅

So you brush and scrape it. Who''d have thought.

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Place the pizza stone in the washing machine and run it on the sanitize setting. But seriously, leave the stone in your oven the next time you clean it. After the 4 hours, all that remains is the patina and a few ashes.

How to clean a porous surface 😒 it’s called seasoned a reason

I just turn my stone over for each cook.

Am I the only one who can't flip the stone?

Why not just say brush off the stone?

I mean... really?

40 mins of wasted gas ,I’d uses the wood attachment for this instead

How is this useful? You never showed it “amazing” clean. 🙄

And here I thought I’d done my pizza stone in!! Thank you!!