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Offline RG

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First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #-1 on: September 17, 2016, 04:14:28 PM »
As y'all know today was the day to fire up the UUNI and see what it can do. I made 5 little dough balls so I could make a variety (and to give me more chances to get it right). I had setup a pizza making station out by the other cookers on the table that I should've cleaned off :P

Here's the first pie I made - sauce, fresh mozz, basil leaves, olive oil drizzle






A shot of the UUNI with a covered keg at 11:00 and at 2:00 (black covers) with the KBQ (tan cover) at 1:00 in the background, lol.


My Village Inn and Domino's Skill at work :)


2nd pie - Sauce, fresh shredded mozz, fresh mozz, capicola, salami, basil


Shot of the messy work station


2nd pie done



The last pie, at this point I didn't care if it was round, lol


Last pie - sauce, grated & fresh mozz, capicola




The 3rd pie was just straight up sauce, fresh & grated mozz. 4th was sauce, salami, capicola, calabrese, basil, fresh and grated mozz, evoo. They looked like the rest so I didn't snap pics.

The last pizza I lost track of my pellet level, that's why the fire is close to dead, lol. At least I was able to finish the cook! I'll keep a better eye on it next time.


Overall impression - I like it. A lot. I didn't fire up a keg to do a head to head, didn't feel like it but in all honesty, I KNOW what kegged pizza tastes like. Taste wise, they are really close to each other. The UUNI does a better job at browning the crust and seems to melt the top well, I'd say better than the keg. Do I think it is significantly better than the Keg pizza? Flavor wise, nah. It's better but marginal. Is it much faster to set up and get going than the keg? Heck yeah, that's where it clearly has an advantage. I didn't run the UUNI as hot as it can get but if I did, it would cook pizzas much faster than the keg so it wins handily there as well.

Overall, I am very happy with it and glad that I have it. It will be the dedicated pizza cooker from now on. Not to say that I will NEVER use the keg for pizzas (I have 3 of them and they can make 15"-16" pies). It is a nice tool to have and it makes a tasty pie!

Thanks for reading my latest review. Until next time! ;) :)

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Offline tomcrete1

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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« on: September 17, 2016, 04:28:48 PM »
Fantastic looking pizza!  :)
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2016, 05:15:11 PM »
Looks fantastic
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2016, 05:18:10 PM »
Pizza looks excellent RG!
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2016, 05:22:09 PM »
Dang!

Impressive pizzas for your first time!

Mine don't come out looking as good as your's do and I have a few Uuni pizzas under my belt.

Glad your happy with it.
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2016, 05:55:13 PM »
Thanks y'all, I have made a ton of pizza in my life but was even surprised myself that my first run on the Uuni went so well. I used the dough recipe on uuni's site. I would like to try another, one more bubbly!
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2016, 06:05:49 PM »
Great look'n football pizza. Uuni going to put Papa Murphys out of business.
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First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2016, 06:12:25 PM »
Great looking pizzas
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2016, 06:22:21 PM »
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2016, 06:22:47 PM »
Those are great looking pies.

And remember, making them round don't necessarily make them better. :P :P
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2016, 07:06:08 PM »
Great to see you off the ledge and making some great pizzas!!! :) I'll take either one!!! Don
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2016, 07:06:18 PM »
Those are great looking pies.

And remember, making them round don't necessarily make them better. :P :P

It all tastes the same, I've just always tried to make them round. Sometimes they cooperate, sometimes they don't. Either way, they get eaten!
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2016, 09:16:38 PM »
Sorry RG but I think it stinks...........................................you did not save me a slice ;) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D I would eat all three of them ;D
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2016, 01:14:32 AM »
Impressive pies. I need to step up my pizza making skills
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Re: First crack at the UUNI
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2016, 09:17:45 AM »
Great looking pies!!  The biggest issue I had early on was fire management.  Muebe helped me get the chimney set in the proper position.  Haven't had any issues since. 

Did you check your fire temps?  My first pie got badly burned before I could make the first quarter-turn.  I was taking a sip of a brewski when it happened.  My temps, according to my infrared thermometer were way north of 900 degrees.  I have learned that, for me, I do a better job closer to 600 degrees.   

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