I follow J. Kenji Lopez-Alt on facebook and he's been posting videos today about an upcoming article on pizza ovens. It looks like he's reviewing a blackstone, Uuni, Pizzacraft, KettlePizza, and something else that I couldn't identify. The KettlePizza looks like it's for a gas grill and I've also seen the Bakerstone which you put on a gas grill.
Does anyone have any experience with these or any other pizza kits they would recommend?
I recently purchased the BakerStone and used it this weekend for the first time. It worked great on my 3-burner gas grill and I think it will fit on a 22 inch kettle but I have not tried that.
scottranda i have a feeling most on this forum with a kamado would say that. I don't have one and don't have any plans to acquire one in the near future.
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​​​​​​I think the only expense the boss would allow is around 300 at most so that rules out a kamado for me....
My serious suggestion is to not consider any pizza oven that won't well exceed 550°F--cuz you can do that in your own oven. Check out Ken Forkish's pizza book "The Elements of Pizza". He has designed a number of crust formulations to deliver good pizza from a home oven, including Neapolitan style pizzas. Your only likely expense would be $40-$75-ish bucks for a pizza stone or steel, $20-ish for a WOODEN peel, and $25°F-ish for a scale and you'd need these for any pizza oven you'd buy anyway.
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Pizzaz. It was a staple in every dorm room, back in the day. In fact, we still have one in our office. We've made some mean Jack's pizzas on that beast. Also, motz sticks, Jalapeño poppers, S'mores, mini tacos, potato skins, mini bagels and even some ham and cheese omelets. (Not joking)
Willy Thanks! I already have a wooden peel and a small stone so maybe I'll take a read first. We've made pizza at home but we usually buy pizza dough from the grocery store. It's OK not great. Neopolitan pizza is what I'm shooting for and when we do pizza at home our crust doesn't get anywhere close to what I'm looking for, but it's clear I need to change techniques and ingredients.
If you have a food processor, it's very easy to make pizza dough. It will take longer to gather the ingredients and measure them out than it takes to make the dough. And it's great dough to boot.
If you want to use 00 dough and can't find it, some Walmarts stock it. If they don't stock it, you can order it online from them and pick it up at your Walmart - no delivery charge.
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