A roofing product can include a ceramic base material and a recycled
roofing material. In a particular embodiment, an open structure of the
ceramic base material is filled with a bituminous material that has no
greater than approximately 5 weight % of abrasive particles or 0.1 weight
% metal content. The recycled roofing material can be disposed along one
or both sides of the ceramic base material. The bituminous material may
have a characteristic particle size that is smaller than a characteristic
particle size of the recycled roofing material. In another embodiment,
the roofing product having the recycled roofing material can have tear
strength characteristics as compared to a different roofing product
having a substantially the same construction but having abrasive
particles embedded within the ceramic base material.