There are a wide variety of pizza stones available in the major retailers and kitchen stores, from high tech pizza stones with thermometers built in to light-weight pizza stones made from aluminum for easy handling and storage. Like many things in life though, simplicity is best when it comes to buying a good pizza stone.

Main Things to Look For:

1. Porous – You want the pizza stone to soak up moisture. Drawing moisture out of the dough is what gives your pizza that much-desired crispy crust.
2. Heft – You need a solid, heavy duty stone. In addition to wicking moisture, your stone needs to provide excellent heat distribution and have excellent heat retention properties to ensure your pizza cooks evenly throughout the baking process.
3. Price – Resist the urge to go overboard here. Pizza stones originated from brick and stone ovens, many people have even used unglazed floor tile to use as your pizza stone as a cost-saving measure.  If you find a good heavyweight, porous cooking surface, thats really all you need. Avoid the gizmos and gadgets, pizza stones are meant to be simple!