Mark, I am a new subscriber to bread-bakers list & this is my first attempt
to correspond so forgive any errors. I also looked around for a baking stone
but I wanted one that I could bake anything on, not just breads like a
stone-lined oven. A company called Pampered Chef was the only one who
guaranteed me that I could bake anything from breads to cookies to anything
else suitable for a flat stone on their product. I have had mine for 1 1/2
years now & am thoroughly pleased. They also have a complete line of baking
containers made from the same hand-finished unglazed natural clay product
including a loaf pan, pie plate & many others (and all stoneware pieces have
a 3-year warranty). I always had trouble getting good brown, crispy bottom
crusts on my loaves baked in metal loaf pans but no more now that I use the
stoneware loaf pans. I loved their products so much that I am now a Pampered
Chef kitchen consultant, after over 30 years in the kitchen !!! If you wish
to know more, I will be glad to send catalog information, if this is possible
within Digest rules (& if someone can tell me how , since I am a novice at
this form of communication). Happy baking !!! Sherry