My gear:
22 Weber Kettle
Napoleon PRO Charcoal Kettle Grill
Broil King Keg
Traeger Pro 34
Napoleon Prestige Pro 500
Pit Barrel Cooker
Blackstone Range Combo Griddle
The Ooni Frya that I bought with Air Canada points arrived much sooner than I'd expected so I ran out and grabbed some pellets and fired it up to do the initial burn off. I'm impressed! The centre of the stone was around 800*F in just about 15 minutes, and it fits so well on my prep station you'd think it was made for it. Looking forward to using it and I'm sure I'll be eating some overly charred crusts until I get the hang of turning the pizzas.
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan - near Clare (dead center of lower peninsula).
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
Wow - this looks like a cool use for pellets. I had always thought I would want a propane version of the Ooni, but maybe the pellet fired one is a good way to go if it heats up that fast. I've used my kamado for pizza, but let's be honest - it takes me 45 to 60 minutes to get it up to 700 degrees, and a LOT of lump to boot. And 3 starter cubes.
My wife would kill me if I bought a pizza oven. I’m gonna plot my year long pout, though. Maybe she will give in. While I like the idea pellets, I always have about 7 bags of charcoal and now 4 propane tanks for the Blackstone. I think if I tried to store pellets, too - yikes.
I have been eyeing this one for a while. It's relatively portable (22 lbs), has a not overly large footprint, and seems to just need 5 oz (two handfuls, as per the manual) of pellets. (Not sure how many pizzas this does, but this oven should cook them pretty quickly at the temps it run!)
Bronco Pro Barrel Smoker
PBC
Pit Boss 757GD Griddle (2)
Blaz'n Grill Works Grid Iron
Weber Genesis E-310
Original Original Grilla
Smokey Joe® Charcoal Grill 14"
Fireboard 1
Thermoworks ThermoPop
Thermoworks Thermapen Mk4
Thermoworks Smoke Thermometer with gateway
2 iGrillminis - from before they were Weber.
This looks great. I already scratched an itch this year, but my wife is already convinced that a pizza oven needs to be in our future. So that battle is actually already won. I just need to build the patio/outdoor kitchen it's going into.
Potkettleblack all pizza ovens are, though. If you're really into pizza and especially if you don't have good pizzerias nearby, these are fine (the Breville is VERY $$ of course). And the Ooni and Breville both require someone to really want Neapolitan style since you can do a fine NY pie in a home oven.
Me, I like 'za fine but I have a very good NY style place about a mile away, so... #shrug.
If you have a wood burning fireplace, I think you could open the flue and set the Ooni up inside the fireplace for winter pizzas, assuming the Ooni flue isn't taller than the inside top of your fireplace.
Kamado Joe Big Joe III
Pit Barrel Cooker
Camp Chef Flat Top 900
Weber Performer 22
PowerFlamer Propane 160
Meater +
Thermoworks Smoke
Thermoworks Thermapen
Temp Spike
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