I've wanted an outdoor pizza oven for a while this one looks interesting. Especially considering the ones I like are a couple grand and this is $300.
only downside I see is the pizza size is limited to a 13-inch pizza so if you cook for a crowd it may take a while, but at 2 min per pizza not a huge deal. Cooks other things too. Too good to be true/
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Nice. Looks great. I'd consider that if my other option was a couple grand brick oven, but for $300 I probably couldn't get the materials for cheaper.
Though there is a certain satisfaction with building things yourself. I built my backyard hockey rink and feel a special pride when mine and the neighborhood kids are all out on the ice.
What is the width of your oven? What size pizza does it hold?
No, I'll check it out. I don't think it would be an everyday thing, but we have a lot of gatherings over the summer, and I like using the smoker, the grill, and having an outdoor pizza oven would be another good option.
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It runs around a grand, and it gets great reviews. Was going to grab one this summer until I decided my waistline would thank me for holding off.
No, I'll check it out. I don't think it would be an everyday thing, but we have a lot of gatherings over the summer, and I like using the smoker, the grill, and having an outdoor pizza oven would be another good option.
I'm in the same boat - was going to get one for the beach house, then I decided to do some quick math and hit the scale. I had the form filled out and was a step away from submit when I thought twice.
Granted, that's just me, not everyone has to fight off the calories the same way. From all the research I did, the Pizza Party was the way to go (and the posts from the pizza making forums were almost universally favorable). I had contemplated building my own out of a form or kit, but while they provide a larger area and heat retention, what they don't provide is a quick heat. Some of them can take hours to come to temp. This sucker will get there relatively quickly and without needing too much wood.
Agree, says it's portable and easy to clean up (once it cools down).
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It runs around a grand, and it gets great reviews. Was going to grab one this summer until I decided my waistline would thank me for holding off.
No, I'll check it out. I don't think it would be an everyday thing, but we have a lot of gatherings over the summer, and I like using the smoker, the grill, and having an outdoor pizza oven would be another good option.
I'm in the same boat - was going to get one for the beach house, then I decided to do some quick math and hit the scale. I had the form filled out and was a step away from submit when I thought twice.
Granted, that's just me, not everyone has to fight off the calories the same way. From all the research I did, the Pizza Party was the way to go (and the posts from the pizza making forums were almost universally favorable). I had contemplated building my own out of a form or kit, but while they provide a larger area and heat retention, what they don't provide is a quick heat. Some of them can take hours to come to temp. This sucker will get there relatively quickly and without needing too much wood.
Check out the one I posted, I believe I read it takes 10 minutes to get from cold to 900+ degrees and a pizza takes under 2 minutes to cook.
And it uses wood pellets.
I'm looking up the pizza party now.
The Pizza Party comes with bricks on the floor (that will need more preheat time, granted) to provide you with an even sear on both the top and bottom of the pie.
I got to see one in action at the marina one day, and I was hooked. One of the sailboat guys decided to make some pizzas in the lot that day, breaking the oven out from the back of his SUV. Had a cooler with about 2 dozen balls of pizza dough and went to town. Each pie cooked in under two minutes.
Only downside was size, but I'm pretty sure he got a 14" pie out of it each time, and probably with some room to spare. Weight was manageable, I didn't lift it myself but when he was taking it out he lifted it himself without too much struggle. He did have the brick floor separated.
The Pizza Party comes with bricks on the floor (that will need more preheat time, granted) to provide you with an even sear on both the top and bottom of the pie.
I got to see one in action at the marina one day, and I was hooked. One of the sailboat guys decided to make some pizzas in the lot that day, breaking the oven out from the back of his SUV. Had a cooler with about 2 dozen balls of pizza dough and went to town. Each pie cooked in under two minutes.
Only downside was size, but I'm pretty sure he got a 14" pie out of it each time, and probably with some room to spare. Weight was manageable, I didn't lift it myself but when he was taking it out he lifted it himself without too much struggle. He did have the brick floor separated.
Yeah, some of the reviews I checked in independent forums of the Uuni said the top of the pizza was cooked, but the crust was not crispy, and if you left it in longer to cook the crust more the top burned.
Is that due to the floor heat loss?
That's why a real brick floor is so handy, the heat retention is great and allows for a more even cook, even when moving fast at temps upwards of 900F.
You can make a decent pizza at home in your oven, but it'll never be able to live up to a pizza oven's pizza. It's simple physics, the oven just doesn't get hot enough to get the same results. Even the home brick ovens that we're discussing barely get up to where the commercial ovens do (and aren't capable of maintaining temperature when shocked with a cold pizza the same way).
The results might not be enough to warrant paying the money, but if you look at it as a social gathering as well as a cooking device, then it might be worth your while.
pjcas' thread now has me re-evaluating the pizza oven purchase, rat bastard...
I got into cooking watching Alton Brown's Good Eats and he had a mantra that has probably saved me thousands of dollars over the years: "no unitaskers" (the irony of "uni" in the brand name is not lost on me) The preparation involved in making home made pizza alone is enough to dissuade me from buying this dedicated pizza oven which takes an extra half hour to get the oven up to temp. As much as I love pizza I doubt very much I'd pull that thing out outside of a pizza party for the kids. There are many less expensive diy methods for making home pizza with excellent results. If you want to just make the pizza in the oven there are people who buy fire bricks and make a pizza oven inside their oven, I've tried them all, this is the least work.
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