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
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!