The Home-made Pizza thread

**bendtheski** · 07-05-2021, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by Shredhead

This one paid for itself just today.

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Nice. I watched a bunch of youtube tonight and am really looking forward to a real oven and giving the convection oven and our dogs a break by cooking outside. They hate that hot smell almost as bad as thunder and fireworks.

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**old goat** · 07-05-2021, 08:50 AM

I wonder how many wildfires will be started by pizza ovens in California this season. Good on the fire extinguisher, even though you're not in California. (All that green hurts my eyes.)

**durangobrad** · 07-05-2021, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

I wonder how many wildfires will be started by pizza ovens in California this season. Good on the fire extinguisher, even though you're not in California. (All that green hurts my eyes.)

I don't think there's much to worry about a self contained gas pizza oven.

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**schwerty** · 07-05-2021, 10:39 PM

Done maybe 10 cooks on the Ooni 16 now. Still learning the thing. Wife and kids aren’t really into Neapolitan pies and one kid has a severe dairy allergy so I have had to experiment. I happen to go light on gluten too unless it’s pizza.
So far gluten free dough fucking sucks in that thing. Anyone have any advice?

My biggest hiccup is getting s good but not burned undercarriage,(gluten dough). I’ve nailed a couple Neapolitan pies at full temp and done just ok when I preheat and turn off the heat for more nyc pies.

Maybe I need to check temps and hold a certain temp for a more even cook crust to center. I dunno.

The Ooni rocks. Love the thing! Tons of fun for my family and friends,(now that we can feel good about having everyone over). Get one !

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**Fofo** · 07-06-2021, 11:32 AM

Definitely not in the same league as the fine examples in this thread, but this was Saturday's "I don't feel like cooking dinner" dinner.

I always keep a batch of no-knead dough in the fridge, this one was about a week old, really good flavor. A layer of homemade alioli (like a mayonnaise made with olive oil and garlic), dollops of homemade tomato sauce, and sautéed veggies.

Unfortunately we were trying a new vegan cheese, and it came out of the oven looking almost exactly the way it was when going in. No melting or toasting.

But the pizza was really good!

**devlinc** · 07-07-2021, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by schwerty

Done maybe 10 cooks on the Ooni 16 now. Still learning the thing. Wife and kids aren’t really into Neapolitan pies and one kid has a severe dairy allergy so I have had to experiment. I happen to go light on gluten too unless it’s pizza.
So far gluten free dough fucking sucks in that thing. Anyone have any advice?

My biggest hiccup is getting s good but not burned undercarriage,(gluten dough). I’ve nailed a couple Neapolitan pies at full temp and done just ok when I preheat and turn off the heat for more nyc pies.

Maybe I need to check temps and hold a certain temp for a more even cook crust to center. I dunno.

The Ooni rocks. Love the thing! Tons of fun for my family and friends,(now that we can feel good about having everyone over). Get one !

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I let mine rip on high for 15-20 minutes to get the stone up to 600F then drop it to low just before I throw a pizza in. Bottom crisps up nice without burning and quarter turn the pizza every 10-15 seconds.

For the glutards or folks with gluten sensitivity try getting yourself a sourdough starter and making dough with that. If you make the dough and let it sit in the fridge for greater than 48hrs the natural yeasts in the starter help breakdown the glutens making them easier to digest as well as increasing the nutritional content you can pull out of flour our bodies don’t get when it’s a dough made with conventional yeast and no ferment. The ferment also increases the flavor of the crust which is great

**bendtheski** · 07-11-2021, 02:36 AM

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So Ooni Karu 12” it is. Anything else was going to be September or later. Thing is amazeballs. Best $359 I’ve spent in a while.

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**Cruiser** · 07-11-2021, 09:03 AM

How in the world did you take the above photo? I mean, the ooni can only cook ones of those pies at a time but they're both in the same photo. That's not possible at my house cuz the first pizza is always gone by the time the second one comes out of the over.

**bendtheski** · 07-11-2021, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by Cruiser

How in the world did you take the above photo? I mean, the ooni can only cook ones of those pies at a time but they're both in the same photo. That's not possible at my house cuz the first pizza is always gone by the time the second one comes out of the over.

It was just the wife and I. The pies came out better and disappeared quicker last night. More wood=better flame-over for darker tops. Pies didn’t stay in tact long enough for pics.

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**krp8128** · 07-11-2021, 12:05 PM

I ordered my 1st pizza in over a year last night, as I was outside all day and didn't start a dough this week.

Won't make that mistake again.

**Powder Ho** · 07-11-2021, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by krp8128

I ordered my 1st pizza in over a year last night, as I was outside all day and didn't start a dough this week.

Won't make that mistake again.

It's been years since we've got take out pizza.
I'd rather eat something else.

**Cruiser** · 07-11-2021, 07:02 PM

Only one I could get a pic of before it was devoured

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**Cruiser** · 07-17-2021, 07:58 PM

In & out

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**Cruiser** · 07-17-2021, 08:35 PM

Ooni is a pretty darn good tool

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**bendtheski** · 07-18-2021, 10:17 AM

Thought I had found a gas burner for the Karu, but tracking shows package delivered before paypal shows it being sent, so less than confident.

Ooni’s supposed to have them back in stock in Sept., and maybe the time-traveling unit will show up in the mean time.

The flame-over with wood/pellets/charcoal a little harder to dial in than with gas from the look of it.

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**skifishbum** · 07-19-2021, 06:21 AM

wife whipped up a couple this weekend
the caramelized onion peaches and home grown black berries
is one of my faves
no ooni necessito
stone on grill
to stomach

**bendtheski** · 07-24-2021, 08:51 PM

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Pretty good results this eve. Brought these in for the dispatchers on-duty, so prolly need to cross-post to Free Shift Meal. Ham and hot capicola on both, 1 pesto base, 1 tomato.

Going to try out some Caputo Pizzeria 00 flour tomorrow.

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**AmmergauerTele** · 07-30-2021, 05:01 AM

I go stone on grill - heat for 15+ minutes on full blast, gets about 700f. It's piped into the natural gas. Cooks quite good. Those Ooni's look sweet though....

**bendtheski** · 07-30-2021, 09:06 AM

Originally Posted by AmmergauerTele

I go stone on grill - heat for 15+ minutes on full blast, gets about 700f. It's piped into the natural gas. Cooks quite good. Those Ooni's look sweet though....

I tried this, but my Weber Spirit will only make about 550-600F, and all the heat dissipates when you open the cover. It’s a natural gas manifold, which they say doesn’t burn as hot as propane.

For the wife, dogs and I, the best thing about the Ooni is not filling the house with that hot oven smell that freaks the dogs out even more than thunder.

Sidebar on the Karu multi-fuel: briquets seem to provide the most consistent heat, but wood or pellets produce a hotter flame (or any flame) between the firebox and chimney. Gas burners are still on backorder from Ooni, but pretty confident results will be better/more consistent than wood/charcoal.

The Weber is plumbed into the house’s natural gas, and I might just split a line off for the Ooni so I’m not running out for propane so often. The propane option will still come in handy for tailgating.

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**Cruiser** · 07-30-2021, 09:20 AM

^^^ Would be really slick to have the ooni plumbed into the natural gas!

**bendtheski** · 07-30-2021, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Cruiser

^^^ Would be really slick to have the ooni plumbed into the natural gas!

It’s been pretty nice, not running out of gas mid-grill for 10 years or so. Fire pit, smoker and patio heater still run off tanks, but we always try to have a spare on hand.

**bendtheski** · 08-05-2021, 05:35 PM

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Chicken, bbq, bacon, colby-jack. So good!

Duff concurs.

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**Powder Ho** · 08-05-2021, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by bendtheski

Chicken, bbq, bacon, colby-jack. So good!

Duff concurs.

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Very nice crust!

**krp8128** · 08-05-2021, 08:42 PM

Your floor mat looks hungry

**Buke** · 08-09-2021, 02:56 PM

I made pizza on Sunday. It's been a while. I needed to find some way to get rid of zucchini. J. Keni Lopez-Alt recommended cutting it into small matchsticks, salting it and allowing it to rest for a half hour or so before squeezing it to remove the excess moisture. He also said the zucchini paired nicely with lemon, so I improvised with what I had and came up with this.

Sourdough crust, olive oil, mozzarella, spanish chorizo, onion, zucchini, and lemon. It was fantastic.