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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by OJFord on Saturday March 18, 2023 @05:27PM (#35213264)
Jesus, $120? Does it knead, stretch, and top the dough itself too?

Seriously, is it really supposedly that much better than my £15 cast iron 'stone'? (I put a lovely seasoning on it initially, but didn't look after it very well and it's all cracked and flaking off, so I need to start again really I think - I suppose it does save that maintenance work... but still, I could just buy a new one and start again several times for $120!)

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by convolvatron on Saturday March 18, 2023 @07:32PM (#35214315)
yeah. thats silly. my 'stone' is a piece of scrap 6mm steel. even new it shouldn't cost more than $8 or something
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by kencausey on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:43PM (#35214759)
Maybe, but have you bought anything like that recently? Probably if you know the right place to shop or the right people it wouldn't be much more, but I needed a bit of metal pipe to use as a lever and spent $40 on 3ft of 1.5in diameter pipe at Lowe's. I don't think I paid much more than that for the ratchet set I was using it with.
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by convolvatron on Saturday March 18, 2023 @08:58PM (#35214847)
I buy steel all the time. certainly not at Lowes. its about $.90/lb for hotroll now.

edit: the issue is they only sell 'wholesale' quantities. 20' sticks, 4'x8' sheets

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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by kencausey on Saturday March 18, 2023 @11:35PM (#35215774)
OK, that makes sense. I didn't want to have to deal with cutting the pipe myself and so I didn't even consider buying a larger size or anything like that.
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Re:Kenji López-Alt Spent 5 Months Studying Chicago Thin-Crus... by poloniculmov on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:12AM (#35217298)
I agree it's expensive and it's probably not 5 times better than you cast iron pizza pan. It's lower maintenance, even if it still needs a coat of oil from time time, but that doesn't mean you should just go out and buy one now, especially if you already have something that gives you good results.
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