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Baking Tray at a glance
Cooking Tools
It weighs 1.
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Baking Tray
Baking Tray is a cooking item in Project Zomboid. It weighs 1. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
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What it is and how to use it
Tools unlock jobs: carpentry, mechanics, farming, fishing, cooking and more. Many recipes only need the tool to be in your inventory, not equipped.
More: Every tool · Crafting in Build 42.
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Item ID and variants
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.BakingTray | Cooking |
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Where it spawns: the loot tables
Baking Tray is on 13 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery Kitchen Trays | Bakery kitchen (cupboard) | 15% | 4 |
| Spiffos Kitchen Baking | Special spawn (vehicles, events or zombies) | 9.8% | 4 |
| Pizza Kitchen Baking | Pizza Restaurant (cupboard) | 6.9% | 4 |
| Bakery Kitchen Baking | Bakery kitchen (cupboard); Donut kitchen (cupboard) | 6.6% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Baking | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Restaurant (cupboard); Diner kitchen (cupboard); and 4 more places | 6.6% | 4 |
| Kitchen Pots | House kitchen (cupboard); Kitchen (cupboard); Living room (cupboard) | 5.4% | 4 |
| Gigamart Pots | Department storage (shelves); General Store (shelves); GigaMart (shelves); and 2 more places | 4.8% | 4 |
| Store Kitchen Pots | Cafeteria kitchen (cupboard); Catfish kitchen (cupboard); Chinese kitchen (cupboard); and 18 more places | 3.9% | 4 |
It is on 5 more tables with smaller shares.
Inside bags and cases: Garbage Bag.
Town by town: loot locations.
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Recipes: how to make it and what it makes
How to make it
| Recipe | Ingredients (used up) | Tools (kept) | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forge Baking Tray Forge | 4 × any charcoal; Steel Sheet | a ball-peen hammer; any metalworking pliers or any tongs; any metalworking chisel | Blacksmithing 2. Read: Everyday Smithing - May 1993 or reach Blacksmithing 4 and Cooking 1 |
| Get 6 Cookies In hand | Baking Tray with Chocolate Cookies or Baking Tray with Chocolate Chip Cookies or Baking Tray with Oatmeal Cookies or 2 more | None | No skill needed |
What it is used for
Used up as an ingredient in 7 recipes: Prepare Chocolate Chip Cookies, Prepare Chocolate Cookies, Prepare Oatmeal Cookies, Prepare Shortbread Cookies, Prepare Sugar Cookies, Smelt Small Steel Item, Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item.
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Quick answers
How much does the Baking Tray weigh in Project Zomboid?
It weighs 1 in Build 42.
What is the item ID for Baking Tray?
Base.BakingTray.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.