Tips & Tricks Why You Need a Cast Iron Pizza Pan By: Lodge Cast Iron / August 12, 2021 Each home cook has an opinion about the best pan to reach for on pizza night. The main contenders in the pizza pan debate include the cast iron pizza pan, baking steel pan, and baking stone. We’re a little biased, but we think cast iron stands out among the rest. Learn why we love using the cast iron pizza pan to make pizza in the oven or on the grill. E-mail this page Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Print this page Durability: Cast iron is sturdy and durable enough to withstand high temperatures without breaking and warping. This is why we like to use it over a baking stone, which is more delicate and susceptible to experiencing thermal shock or breaking. You can use a cast iron pizza pan in the oven or fire up your grill and take pizza night outside. Heat: Preheating your pizza pan is the key to getting the delicious, crispy crust you know from the local pizzeria. Cast iron provides great heat retention for even cooking, and it heats up fast! A cast iron pizza pan will stay hot as you transfer the dough to the pan and prepare the pizza. Maneuverability: After you preheat your cast iron pizza pan, you’ll need to transfer the pizza to the hot pan. Some people remove the pan from the oven entirely to prepare their pizza, others transfer the dough via a pizza peel or cutting board. Either way, when you deal with hot pans, you need them to be easy to move in and out of the oven. That’s what makes the dual handles on the Lodge Pizza Pan so important. The handles also make it easy to bring the pizza to the table to serve the pizza straight off the pan and keep it warm as you eat. Seasoning: The Lodge pizza pan comes naturally seasoned with a layer of carbonized oil, giving it an easy-release cooking surface. Use a sprinkle of cornmeal or semolina flour and your pizza will easily slide off the pan when it comes out of the oven. This is one reason we prefer a cast iron pizza pan to a baking steel pan, which often requires at-home seasoning before use. You can learn more about how Lodge cookware is seasoned here. Clean-up: Because pizza will slide right off the cast iron pan, cleaning up is a breeze. Simply wash the pan by hand, dry with a lint-free cloth or paper towel, and rub a light layer of cooking oil onto the surface of the pan. It’s really that easy, but if you can learn more about our three-step cleaning method, we have an article that explains how to care for cast iron. With this simple clean up, the cast iron pizza pan is ready to make an appearance at pizza night for generations to come. Ready for a pizza party? Give these recipes a try: Pepperoni Pizza With Roasted Red Pepper and Basil Whip up this Pepperoni Pizza With Roasted Red Pepper and Basil using our Classic Pizza Dough recipe and you'll make enough for two pizza pies. Shrimp Pesto Pizza Mozzarella cheese, basil pesto, and juicy shrimp adorn crisp pizza dough in this delicious seafood recipe. Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza Any food that has bacon and ranch in it must be good. Butternut Squash and Ricotta Pizza The sweetness of butternut squash and creamy ricotta take this pizza to the next level. Simple Pizza Dough Recipe Garnish this classic pizza dough with your favorite toppings and bake it on a Cast Iron Baking Pan for that perfect crust! Contributed By: Lodge Cast Iron We hope you enjoy our stories and recipes! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and tag your Instagram food photos with #lodgecastiron for a chance to be featured on our feed! Get $10 off any $50+ order!* While you're shopping, become a Pan Fan today and sign up for our newsletter! *Coupon code will be sent to your email after you sign up for our newsletter! New sign ups only. Sign Up By submitting your information, you are agreeing to Lodge Cast Iron’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Please try again.
Tips & Tricks Why You Need a Cast Iron Pizza Pan By: Lodge Cast Iron / August 12, 2021 Each home cook has an opinion about the best pan to reach for on pizza night. The main contenders in the pizza pan debate include the cast iron pizza pan, baking steel pan, and baking stone. We’re a little biased, but we think cast iron stands out among the rest. Learn why we love using the cast iron pizza pan to make pizza in the oven or on the grill. E-mail this page Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Twitter Print this page Durability: Cast iron is sturdy and durable enough to withstand high temperatures without breaking and warping. This is why we like to use it over a baking stone, which is more delicate and susceptible to experiencing thermal shock or breaking. You can use a cast iron pizza pan in the oven or fire up your grill and take pizza night outside. Heat: Preheating your pizza pan is the key to getting the delicious, crispy crust you know from the local pizzeria. Cast iron provides great heat retention for even cooking, and it heats up fast! A cast iron pizza pan will stay hot as you transfer the dough to the pan and prepare the pizza. Maneuverability: After you preheat your cast iron pizza pan, you’ll need to transfer the pizza to the hot pan. Some people remove the pan from the oven entirely to prepare their pizza, others transfer the dough via a pizza peel or cutting board. Either way, when you deal with hot pans, you need them to be easy to move in and out of the oven. That’s what makes the dual handles on the Lodge Pizza Pan so important. The handles also make it easy to bring the pizza to the table to serve the pizza straight off the pan and keep it warm as you eat. Seasoning: The Lodge pizza pan comes naturally seasoned with a layer of carbonized oil, giving it an easy-release cooking surface. Use a sprinkle of cornmeal or semolina flour and your pizza will easily slide off the pan when it comes out of the oven. This is one reason we prefer a cast iron pizza pan to a baking steel pan, which often requires at-home seasoning before use. You can learn more about how Lodge cookware is seasoned here. Clean-up: Because pizza will slide right off the cast iron pan, cleaning up is a breeze. Simply wash the pan by hand, dry with a lint-free cloth or paper towel, and rub a light layer of cooking oil onto the surface of the pan. It’s really that easy, but if you can learn more about our three-step cleaning method, we have an article that explains how to care for cast iron. With this simple clean up, the cast iron pizza pan is ready to make an appearance at pizza night for generations to come. Ready for a pizza party? Give these recipes a try: Pepperoni Pizza With Roasted Red Pepper and Basil Whip up this Pepperoni Pizza With Roasted Red Pepper and Basil using our Classic Pizza Dough recipe and you'll make enough for two pizza pies. Shrimp Pesto Pizza Mozzarella cheese, basil pesto, and juicy shrimp adorn crisp pizza dough in this delicious seafood recipe. Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza Any food that has bacon and ranch in it must be good. Butternut Squash and Ricotta Pizza The sweetness of butternut squash and creamy ricotta take this pizza to the next level. Simple Pizza Dough Recipe Garnish this classic pizza dough with your favorite toppings and bake it on a Cast Iron Baking Pan for that perfect crust! Contributed By: Lodge Cast Iron We hope you enjoy our stories and recipes! Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and tag your Instagram food photos with #lodgecastiron for a chance to be featured on our feed!
