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20% off ROC Baking Steel 38x36x1cm $128 + Shipping @ ROC Baking Steel

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20% off ROC Baking Steel 38x36x1cm $128 + Shipping @ ROC Baking Steel
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Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 09:53 rocbakingsteel.com.au (451 clicks)
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Been wanting a baking steel recently after seeing them on a few YouTube cooking channels so I reached out to ROC Baking Steel, who make baking steels in OZ, to negotiate a deal for the OzB community. I managed to talk them into doing a 20% off on their 10mm steel for the month of July!

The baking steel on offer is 38 x 36 x 1cm and is flat on one side for making pizza/sourdough and with a griddle channel on the other. If you look at the original baking steel manufacturer in the US @ bakingsteel.com it's roughly equivalent to their Pro model which goes for ~$250AUD.

Why should I get a baking steel?
Baking steels have been a thing in the online cooking community for a few years now as they allow you to get close to pizza oven quality pizzas in a standard home oven, this is because while they won't get as hot as a traditional pizza stone they are better at transferring that heat to the pizza base. They also won't break and they're easier to clean than a pizza stone and it can also be used as a griddle plate for your stovetop.

I figure that by getting one of these I can negate the need for an expensive outdoor pizza oven like the Koda/Roccbox while also giving myself the ability to make smash burgers on my stovetop. So it will save me about $2k and a bunch of storage space.

For some more info on baking steels you can read through this SeriousEats writeup - https://www.seriouseats.com/the-pizza-lab-the-baking-steel-d…

The two videos that really sold me on a getting a baking steel….
How I Bake NY-Style Pizza Without a Pizza Oven - Charlie Anderson
First Person Cooking: Ultra-Smashed Burgers -
J. Kenji López-Alt

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  • jv on 04/07/2023 - 09:55
    -8

    Why should I get a baking steel?

    Hard question….

    • Arealtur Kishman 69 on 04/07/2023 - 09:58
      +9

      Unlike the answer to the question "Is negging jv 5 times a day a good use of your allocated negs"

    • schquid on 04/07/2023 - 12:38

      Do you use a baking lead instead?

      • jv on 04/07/2023 - 12:46

        Copper.

        • schquid on 04/07/2023 - 13:02
          +3

          At the price of copper you must be an investment baker.

          • jv on 04/07/2023 - 13:05
            +2

            @schquid: interesting observation….

  • Arealtur Kishman 69 on 04/07/2023 - 09:57
    +2

    You expect me to make my own pizzas like some sort of cave man? The hell is this, the s̶t̶o̶n̶e̶iron age?

    • Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 09:58

      cozzy livs baby who can afford takeout pizza in 2023?

  • fury on 04/07/2023 - 09:58
    +5

    Pity this ain't no baking steal.

  • sircable on 04/07/2023 - 09:59
    +2

    Are these made in Australia?
    I read the spiel about the company being in Australia but I am curious about the actual product, especially given the high price.

    • Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 10:02

      I assume so but I'm not sure, I had a little chat with the guy and he said he has a workshop in Williamstown which is where he has all the stock.

      • sircable on 04/07/2023 - 10:09

        Hopefully the workshop isn't a storage locker full of cheap imports from China.

        • Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 10:11

          The thing weighs 10kg, I'm not sure it would be much cheaper to import from China?

        • predominance on 04/07/2023 - 12:27
          +2

          On the ROC Pizza Steel, website states the following: "Our plates work the same as the popular baking steels in USA but at a lower cost and are made from local steel, milled in New Zealand, laser cut and finished in Melbourne Australia."

          Not sure if this applies to their other products or not.

    • Public21 on 04/07/2023 - 11:08

      If you want Australian made you could try these guys:
      https://www.solidteknics.com/cookware/aus-ion/bakingtraySML

      I have a few of their frying pans (cast iron and pressed steel) and really like them.

      They do new product launches on Kickstarter so you can sometimes get their products cheaper, but these things will outlast me.

      • Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 11:59

        2.5mm thick on Solidteknics baking tray vs 10mm thick on the ROC.

        • beeroll on 04/07/2023 - 15:14
          +1

          Yeah, these are different products altogether. I have the big round baking steel, and it's fantastic for bread in the oven and the kamado. One benefit of the steel over a stone is that you don't need to get the oven as hot as with a stone, because the heat transfer is faster. The flip side for pizza is that if you get the stone too hot, it'll burn your base before the toppings are cooked.

          The baking tray doesn't have the thermal mass of the steel, and it's not intended to. When you put a big chunk of dough on it, it will lose a lot more heat than the baking steel. You'd probably be better off using one of Solid Teknics' iron skillets for bread/pizza.

          • Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 15:31
            +1

            @beeroll:

            The flip side for pizza is that if you get the stone too hot, it'll burn your base before the toppings are cooked.

            Ah good to know. I picked up the Inkbird temp gun on the recent deal so I should be good.

    • zoidee on 05/07/2023 - 08:56

      Confirmed that they are made in China by FB Messaging the store: "No I make them in China now. I used to make them in Aus but they would be $220+ if I did that"

      FYI @Cheaplikethebird @beeroll

  • iuselect on 04/07/2023 - 10:08
    +1

    I bought my baking steel from them in 2021, it's been serving me well with home made pizzas. Mine did come with a massive long deep, visible scratch. Definitely wasn't from the shipping process. Doesn't affect it's ability to get hot and cook pizza so I never chased it up, the steel is fantastic and good pizzas year round. I have the 6mm version and it stays pretty much at the hottest temperature for about 2-3 pizzas. I would imagine the 1cm version being much better at heat retention.

  • ArtOfTheDeal on 04/07/2023 - 10:19
    +2

    Republic of Chefs.

    Does it have RGB?

  • OhPee on 04/07/2023 - 10:20

    I see a lot on Amazon US. With Prime day a few days away. I will wait and see what I can get.

    • incipient on 04/07/2023 - 11:26

      Amazon you're pretty much just looking at unbranded Chinese stuff in the main.

      Notable exceptions would probably be the shallow lodge pan which is equivalent, but round.

  • cbrendan on 04/07/2023 - 10:38
    +1

    I have the .6cm ROC baking steel. Grabbed it a few weeks ago.

    Its definitely made in china.

    https://pizzapeopleaz.com/pizza-steel-thickness/

    I decided on the .6cm steel vs the 1cm thick steel based on the article above. My oven only goes to 230 degrees, and I preferred the shorter heating up time.

    I can pump out 3 pizzas back to back without issue, which suits my needs perfectly - but any more than that requires a ~15-20 min pause from cooking to get it back up to temp or the underneath of the base becomes noticeably less crispy. Apparently with the thicker steel you can pump out more pizzas before any decrease in performance is noticed.

    All in all I would definitely recommend. The results have been fantastic, and I'm very happy with it.

    • sircable on 04/07/2023 - 10:43

      Thanks for confirming where its made for me.
      In that case, its a hard NO…

    • incipient on 04/07/2023 - 11:27

      Lol $130 for made in China? Bit of a joke. Not sure why you wouldn't go lodge for this price.

      • Cheaplikethebird on 04/07/2023 - 11:53

        Yeah I mean that would be nice if Lodge made a 10mm thick baking steel. The lodge griddle pan you mention in your other comment is about a quarter of the thickness.

  • pacotaco on 04/07/2023 - 11:01

    $28 shipping to Sydney fyi

  • stinkychicken on 04/07/2023 - 11:18

    I use one of these, flipped upside down… it retains heat well. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/254719499126

  • Stivo on 04/07/2023 - 11:43

    https://www.kegland.com.au/products/hizo-cast-iron-double-si… if iron is an option then this is heaps cheaper.

  • bobswinkle on 04/07/2023 - 12:26

    This would work on an induction stovetop right?

      • bobswinkle on 04/07/2023 - 13:19

        Yeah, I figured the non uniformity would be an issue I was mostly just thinking "this will heat up right".

        That link is an interesting take, because it presupposes that you need uniform heat across the entire pan. Personally I use cast iron on my induction all the time, and I know that the centre will get smoking hot while the edges remain cool. So I keep my steak in the centre. But he may be right that for the use case of baking steel it's not really worth it

  • garethds on 04/07/2023 - 12:45
    +1

    Pretty good deal. But if you want something for smash burgers, this can be had for half the price when on sale
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/674771

    • pizzaguy on 05/07/2023 - 17:24

      Or use literally any other pot or pan you have in the kitchen to smash your burgers and save moneys.

  • wicklow on 07/07/2023 - 18:38

    I was super keen; the $61 shipping stopped me at the last minute tho.

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