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Do pizza / baking stones really keep the oven temperature more consistent? Does it make baking any better?

I've heard this quite frequently but I've never seen someone test it until I poked around after seeing your question - I found this blog from 2011 where someone tested their oven temperature stability ...
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After putting something in my oven, the temperature drops and is super slow to increase back up despite keeping the door shut

This is all very normal, nothing special about it. Some of your assumptions happen to be untrue, and others don't apply to modern ovens. First, temperature fluctuation is the normal way an oven ...
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After putting something in my oven, the temperature drops and is super slow to increase back up despite keeping the door shut

Assuming you are measuring accurately, this is surprising. Do ensure you are measuring the oven temperature using an accurate thermometer in a suitable central location, rather than for example ...
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