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What is Crust King?
Crust King is a Baking Steel for use in your home oven, and helps you create restaurant quality pizza.
The trick to achieving great pizza is by cooking it at a very high temperature, which gives you that signature crispy crust and fluffy interior. You may be used to seeing restaurants use dedicated pizza ovens, that can reach much greater temperatures than typical home ovens, and as a result, homemade pizzas fall flat - literally!
Wondering what a Baking Steel is? Well, it's as simple as it sounds, a thick (6mm) and heavy (7kg) sheet of Mild Steel that acts as a thermal heatsink and accelerates heat transfer into the dough, mimicking the effect of a traditional pizza oven, and giving you a perfect crust.
What makes Crust King different?
You will find lots of Baking Steels online, but we're confident that Crust King is the best on the market!
Why? Because Crust King is the first Baking Steel in the world to feature a durable, ceramic non-stick coating with CRUSTGLIDE technology - your pizzas literally glide off its surface!
Other Baking Steels are either made from Stainless Steel - which performs less well than Mild Steel due to its lower thermal conductivity - and those that are made from Mild Steel, rely on regular maintenance through a process known as seasoning. This is a very tiresome process where thin coats of oil must periodically be baked onto the steel to maintain the non-stick characteristics, and prevent rust and corrosion. If this isn't done regularly, then it can deteriorate and start to look like the example shown above.
The Crust King Baking Steel's coating can be treated just like your non-stick pans, and requires no special maintenance - meaning you can cook and keep cooking, without ever having to worry about seasoning its surface.
Industrial Grade Ceramic Coating - FREE from PTFE, PFOA and PFAS substances!
What about a Pizza Stone?
Pizza stones make use of the exact same concept as a steel, however steel is significantly more thermally conductive, meaning it transfers heat much faster, resulting in a quicker cooking time and a crisper base. Oh, and they're also better at retaining their heat, meaning you can batch cook pizzas to keep the party going!
Not to mention, stones are susceptible to cracking without prior warning, where your steel will last you for years of use, as they're virtually indestructible.
How to use Crust King?
For best results, the Crust King Baking Steel must be pre-heated in your oven for at least 1 hour at its maximum temperature on convection setting (not fan assisted). This allows the Crust King Baking Steel to get incredibly hot, so that when you add your pizza, that heat is transferred directly into the dough, giving you a crisp base and improving rise that is simply not achievable with much thinner baking trays.
Want to find out more?
Ready to purchase your Crust King Baking Steel? Navigate to our Shop page below. If you want to learn more, how we came to be and how to take advantage of it for the best results, then read Our Story:
