Why Do Some Pizza Recipes Call for Flouring the Stone?

[Boomerjojo]

I read somewhere that you don't have to use flour on the stone before cooking a pizza on it. Some of the recipes that I found call for flour first. Does anyone know why?

 

[BethCooks4U]

I don't have the answer as to why but I can tell you that I never add flour to my stone when making pizza.

 

[Becca115]

I have used cornmeal on my newer stones to keep the crust from sticking. A little easier than flour.

 

[babywings76]

I think some recipes tell you to flour the stone because they intend to use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza in and out of the stove, usually leaving the stone in the oven. They tend to want you to preheat the stone, too. But PC doesn't want us to preheat our stones, sooo...Personally, I prefer cornmeal rather than flour when people do this. I used to when I had non PC stones. But now that I have PC ones, I skip that step. I'd be curious to try it and see if there is really any difference.

 

[pampered1224]

Personally I too would do cornmeal. I would be afraid that the item baked might taste like flour, UGH!