Bistro Bounty

Restaurant-grade cooking, at home

In-depth guides to the gear serious home cooks use to eat like they're at their favorite bistro: espresso, pizza, knives, cookware, baking and wine.

Pizza Ovens & Tools Baking Wine & Home Bar

A topped pizza on a metal peel being slid onto the dark stone floor of a gas-fired pizza oven

Featured guide

How to Clean a Pizza Stone Without Ruining It

How to clean a pizza stone without soap: let it cool, scrape, brush, and let heat burn off the rest. Works for home ovens and outdoor pizza ovens.

Read the guide

Browse by topic

Pizza Ovens & ToolsIndoor and outdoor pizza ovens, steels, peels and dough gear for pizzeria-level pies.6 guides →

BakingStand mixers, bread gear and pastry tools for bakery-quality results.7 guides →

Wine & Home BarWine fridges, preservation systems, decanters and home bar equipment.14 guides →

Latest guides

Couple rolling pizza dough and arranging fresh ingredients on wooden table, creating a homemade meal

Pizza Ovens & Tools

What Should I Put My Outdoor Pizza Oven On? Stand Ideas

What should I put my outdoor pizza oven on? A steel stand, stone counter or the maker's cart. Skip wood and plastic. Heights, weight, gaps and rain cover.

Close-up of a pepperoni pizza baking in a very hot oven

Pizza Ovens & Tools

How Long to Preheat a Pizza Oven: Heat-Up Times by Fuel

How long to preheat a pizza oven: 15-20 minutes on gas, 15-25 on pellet, 20-30 on wood, and 45-60 for a home oven stone. Plus how to check the stone.

Close-up of a pizza being baked in a traditional wood-fired oven, showcasing culinary authenticity

Pizza Ovens & Tools

How to Use an Outdoor Pizza Oven: First-Fire Steps

How to use an outdoor pizza oven: set it level, preheat the stone to 800-900°F, launch with a floured peel and turn the pie. Steps for wood, pellet, gas.

A baked pepperoni and sausage pizza with a browned, blistered crust on a tray at the exit of a commercial conveyor oven.

Pizza Ovens & Tools

Oven Temperature to Cook Pizza: Homemade Bake Times

Oven temperature to cook pizza: 500-550°F for a home oven with a preheated stone, 800-900°F for Neapolitan. Bake times by style, frozen pizza and outdoor ovens.

Pizza baking on the stone of a gas pizza oven with a rolling flame at the back

Pizza Ovens & Tools

Best Outdoor Pizza Oven: 3 Backyard Picks Compared

The Ooni Koda 16 is the best outdoor pizza oven for most backyards; the Ooni Karu 12 is the wood-fired pick and the HALO Versa 16 has a rotating stone.

Two glasses of red wine on a wooden bench against a sunlit wall

Wine & Home Bar

Wine Fridge Dimensions: Standard Sizes and How to Choose

Wine fridge dimensions explained: standard widths of 15, 18 and 24 inches, typical heights and depths, bottle capacity by size and how to measure your space.

Glass filled with ice cubes ready to be crushed into nugget ice at home

Wine & Home Bar

How to Make Nugget Ice at Home, With or Without a Machine

How to make nugget ice at home: crush cubes in a blender or Lewis bag, refreeze for a soft chew, or press flake ice in a machine. Methods compared.

Freshly baked cinnamon rolls on parchment paper on a wooden table with almonds and cinnamon

Baking

Cinnamon Rolls With Bread Machine Dough (Cream Cheese Icing)

Cinnamon rolls with bread machine dough: run the dough cycle, roll, fill, cut 12, rise and bake at 350°F for 22 to 25 minutes, then top with cream cheese icing.

Red wine being poured from a decanter into a glass in a home kitchen

Wine & Home Bar

Are Wine Fridges Noisy? Compressor vs Thermoelectric

Are wine fridges noisy? Most hum at about 35-45 dB, quieter than a refrigerator. See typical noise levels, what causes noise and how to fix it.