Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => PIZZA OVENS - Wood Fired => Topic started by: muebe on November 17, 2013, 08:22:40 PM
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Made a pepperoni and cheese for the kids. And a Gorgonzola, Pulled Pork, & BBQ Sauce for the wife and I...
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Pizzas were cooked for 4 minutes each. I decided to take some temp readings with the infrared gun after 15 minutes...
This is the reading from the exterior metal right above the pellet cradle ???
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From the floor of the oven at the back near the pellet cradle. I think this is as high as the infrared gun will go!
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And this was from the floor at the front of the oven. This was the coolest spot...
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Very tasty looking pies Mike! Jeez at those temps say goodbye to the hair on your paws! :D
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Awesome looking pizzas Mike! Dang with temps like that you could fry an egg in 10 seconds or
less! ;)
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Wow, I knew they got hot on the outside but not that hot. They do seem to cool down pretty fast though.
Nice cook (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QTJsNwNnewU/Uol0r0kr6QI/AAAAAAAAHkE/ZHacrCAaO6U/w72-h67-no/1a6dc1cd.gif) on the pizzas Mike. (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7Go_0lOhuzc/Uol0r8CYskI/AAAAAAAAHj8/d3g61gaGhPs/w110-h49-no/31cb9429.gif)
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those are some good looking pies. should have made more for the rest of us. ::)
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Gorgeous
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Stellar cook, muebe - I'd like a slice of one of those any time ;)
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Yes please.
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Looks good, Luigi - err - Muebe.
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I like the look of those pies!
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I saw "Gorgonzola" in the title and came running! 8) It's my absolute favorite blue cheese.
Yummy looking pizzas, Mike, just yummy!
A couple questions:
Can a pizza pan be used easily in these ovens for those of us who prefer a thicker pan crust versus thin & crispy?
Can the heat be somewhat controlled by feeding so many pellets at a time? Have you experimented with this?
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Can a pizza pan be used easily in these ovens for those of us who prefer a thicker pan crust versus thin & crispy?
Can the heat be somewhat controlled by feeding so many pellets at a time? Have you experimented with this?
Thanks for the great comments everyone. I am so impressed with the taste on these wood fired pizzas. They are just so good!
Well the pizzas I made were not thin and crispy. They are just comparable to regular crust. Not thick like pan however.
The problem is with a pan you are not getting direct thermal contact with the steel floor to the dough. So the pan will take several minutes to get hot. By that time the top of the pizza will be burned to a crisp as the 800F degree air temp cooks the pizza.
Possibly a pre-heated pan might work, or a perforated pan. You could also pre-cook the dough on one side and then flip it into the pan, make your pizza, and then bake.
There is a slide to reduce the air to the flame. But it is still pretty dang hot in there.
Maybe a variable speed fan would work. So a DC voltage controller wired into the fan could allow you to regulate the fan speed thus reducing interior temps.
The pellets are gravity fed so as the others burn and collapse they are replaced by fresh pellets. There is no real way to control the pellet feed without modifications.
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Wow, I had no idea that the ovens got that hot.
Good looking cook!
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The problem is with a pan you are not getting direct thermal contact...
There is a slide to reduce the air to the flame...
Thanks Mike, good info!
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WOWZA!! :o Great looking pies Mike ... How long did it take to bake those babies at that temp?
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this is a great looking pizza Mike .
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Great looking pizzas, muebe.
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WOWZA!! :o Great looking pies Mike ... How long did it take to bake those babies at that temp?
Each pizza cooked for 4 minutes.
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Wow! Great results as usual