Stoneware Care
My functional cone 6 Stoneware pottery is fired to temperatures around 2200º F.
High temperature alone shouldn't damage the pottery.
THERMAL SHOCK will damage your pottery
Thermal shock, which is caused by sudden, concentrated and uneven temperatures, can crack or break pottery.
Avoid rapid, uneven heating and cooling of pottery.
OVEN USE
Do not place pottery in a pre-heated oven. Place the pottery in a room temperature oven, then turn up the heat. This said I have been successful warming the pot and its ingredients slightly in the microwave and then put it in the preheated oven. Remember thermal shock guidelines. This said I push my pottery to its limits. Putting it in a hot preheated oven. I bake non-knead bread in my covered baking dishes where it is heated to 430º F pulled out, bread dough put in and placed back in the oven with no failures. Just keep in mind the thermal shock guidelines.
Do not remove pottery from an oven and place it directly on a cold surface. Broiler use is never recommended.
MICROWAVE USE
Although handcrafted pottery may be used in carousel microwave ovens as the piece of pottery ages small cracks form.
Small rapid expansions and contractions over time could weaken the integrity of the pottery.
STOVE TOP USE
My handmade pottery cannot be used on the stove top.
Does and Don'ts
My functional cone 6 Stoneware pottery is fired to temperatures around 2200º F.
High temperature alone shouldn't damage the pottery.
THERMAL SHOCK will damage your pottery
Thermal shock, which is caused by sudden, concentrated and uneven temperatures, can crack or break pottery.
Avoid rapid, uneven heating and cooling of pottery.
OVEN USE
Do not place pottery in a pre-heated oven. Place the pottery in a room temperature oven, then turn up the heat. This said I have been successful warming the pot and its ingredients slightly in the microwave and then put it in the preheated oven. Remember thermal shock guidelines. This said I push my pottery to its limits. Putting it in a hot preheated oven. I bake non-knead bread in my covered baking dishes where it is heated to 430º F pulled out, bread dough put in and placed back in the oven with no failures. Just keep in mind the thermal shock guidelines.
Do not remove pottery from an oven and place it directly on a cold surface. Broiler use is never recommended.
MICROWAVE USE
Although handcrafted pottery may be used in carousel microwave ovens as the piece of pottery ages small cracks form.
Small rapid expansions and contractions over time could weaken the integrity of the pottery.
STOVE TOP USE
My handmade pottery cannot be used on the stove top.
Does and Don'ts
- Do use and enjoy your pottery
- Do wash it in the dishwasher or by hand
- Don't run cold water over a hot dish
- Don’t place cold pottery on a hot surface
- Don't place hot pottery on a cold surface.
- Water expands as it freezes and may crack your pottery, so don’t let water freeze in your pottery.
- If food is frozen slowly warm it in the microwave before heating up to a high temperature.
