Spent $80 on a fancy baking stone and it cracked on first use

I finally broke down and bought this big rectangular baking stone from a kitchen store near me. Thought it would make my pizza crust super crispy like the ones at the fancy places. Dropped $80 on it which hurt my wallet a bit but I was excited. Heated it up in the oven for an hour like the instructions said. The second I slid my pizza onto it I heard this loud crack and saw a huge split right down the middle. Now I got a ruined stone and a pizza that's half on a hot broken piece of ceramic. Anyone else have bad luck with baking stones or got a cheap alternative that actually works?

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andrew7781mo ago

That loud crack reminds me of how everything expensive these days breaks faster than the cheap stuff we grew up with.

morgan_butler1mo ago

That crack sound is EXACTLY why I only buy secondhand tools now, they actually last.