Pizza Talk: Andris Lagsdin and The Baking Steel

Written By Peter Reinhart

Thursday, 30 July 2020 Pizza Talk

The Baking Steel has been a game changer in the pizza world and beyond ever since it arrived. It was “invented” by Andris Lagsdin and, in just a few short years, has gone from little known obscurity — a kind of private in-the-know kind of club — to now arriving at a status, just before fully tipping over, known as, “I just heard about this thing and I think I really want one.”

In this episode, hear from the inventor himself about how he did it, and watch him make a perfect pizza on the Steel in his home oven. If it is true that “Necessity is the mother of invention,” then this product is one serious mother….

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