A good basic tool for any kitchen is an All-Clad Pizza Stone. They are made well and of very simple material. They are nothing fancy, no bells or whistles. Just a really nice item for cooking pizza and many other items in your kitchen. Once you discover how well this stone pan heats up and adds to the baking of your pizza dough you will never use anything else again. The heat from the stone creates the perfect crispness for any amount of thickness of the dough. Caring for the All-Clad pizza pan is a breeze. You never use soap because it would permeate the stone material. But you really don't even ever need to: a good wash with plain, hot water does the job well.