Do I want a pizza oven?

If you have a Chiminea I can tell you how to hack one to work as a pizza oven. It took a bit of hacking with fire bricks and a split half pizza stone but it works really well.

iz kyureeus. id like to know this please?

Hiya Sadexpunk:

iz kyureeus. id like to know this please?

Right you’ll need to raise the level of the sand in the Chiminea first. This is so you can remove the pizza later i.e in line with the lip of opening. When you have done this get some firebricks:

I used ones from Amazon about £21, I used four to create a void underneath to allow embers to heat the stone.

The most important bit though is one of these:

Half-Moon Ceramic Baking Stone

Else you won’t get it into the opening if your chiminea is like mine.

Finally be careful not to heat the base too much I actually have learnt to light the pizza stone from the side and not too much from the underneath as you’ll burn the base before the top is cooked.

BR
Jerry

thanks jezz.

that link shows one of those egg things, so probably a bit more specialized conversion than i was thinking.

i pictured one of these common and garden chimineas and couldnt really picture it. still cant but it doesnt matter 🙂

no-one needs to eat nice food at all. We could all survive on basic meat, boiled veg and potatoes and give the money we save to charity.

sadexpunk

No it’s the stone you need to fit into the Chiminea. The Egg you can forget.

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JeZ

Sorry that you are all very gullible. LOL.

It will actually save me money in the long run, as I will be able to spend less time holidaying in Italy. Which will reduce the amount of diesel we use; so it is good for the environment as well.

On the other hand, during this time of severe bicycle shortages, you by owning four bikes, are depriving three key workers of a safe and healthy means of getting to work.

I have 3 now, I’ve moved one on. They were bought long before the C.V crisis.Theres bikes available at Halfords and bike projects if any key worker wants one for commuting.

Smudgey now might a good time to stop trolling.

No it’s the stone you need to fit into the Chiminea. The Egg you can forget.

ah gotcha, thanks 🙂

Sorry that you are all very gullible.

oh i dont think so, we all know what we’re doing, and its not based on finances or saving money. this is a lifestyle choice, thatll cost a fair bit of wedge but gives us enjoyment (and slightly better pizzas than a bog standard oven).

First go. Family round. Chuffed!

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Takes a bit of getting used to how to not set it on fire during the bit where it’s hard to turn cos it’s still floppy. Great device though.

0ooh looks lovely Grum!

We had lemon and rosemary chicken with garlic and rosemary roast veg tonight. All beautifully wood fired in the ooni.

I lost my sense of smell and a significant
ability to taste about 6-7 years ago to a virus (long before it was fashionable). I still really enjoy good food but I tend to look for textures to make it interesting; such as perfect, crispy on the outside soft in the middle pizza.

However, I can still detect certain things; burning oils for example. The consultant told me that I’m not smelling them as such it is my tastebuds that are detecting them. My brain just decides to interpret it as a smell.

Tonight the smell of wood-fired food really invoked a memory for me. It made me think of a specific moment in a specific (to be honest not particularly good) restaurant in Bourg Saint Maurice.

It might be it was just the hot oil from the rosemary that I coukd taste on both occasions but it was very emotional to have a memory triggered entirely by what I think of as a smell.

Fired ours up again tonight used an Italian 00 flour with an eight hour rest time then portioned with a further 5 hour test. The difference in the dough was an amazing.

Grum it the stone is at 400c to 500c it’ll firm base up while the crust rises. Don’t push the pizza too far back or it’ll burst into flames.

drac, whats your recipe? 8 hours and then another 5 when divided seems a long time. room temp or fridge? and is it sourdough?

I just use the Ooni recipe it was room temp but for 24 it sits in the garage as it’s cooler. No sourdough just normal dough it’s absolutely spot on. 8 hours is far from a long time.

I use the foodgeek sourdough recipe and it took about 6 hours initially then another 24 in the fridge once it’s portioned up

Forgot to say portioned up it went in the garage. Our fridge is usually full so can’t fit it in

Curious.

Which part of the pizza I make is not healthy in a balanced diet ?

Strewth!!, they look very burned and inedible.
If you had cooked them in a standard oven on say gas mark 6 they would have cooked without being burned to a cinder. You’re not putting up anything that would convince me that a pizza oven was anything more than a load of ****

Smudgey its clear you want one but your parents won’t let you get one. Stop looking at this thread uts clearly making you sad.  Now, if you play nicely may be you’ll get an invite to play and have a pizza for tea.

By the way, they’re bloody awesome.

Strewth!!, they look very burned and inedible.
If you had cooked them in a standard oven on say gas mark 6 they would have cooked without being burned to a cinder. You’re not putting up anything that would convince me that a pizza oven was anything more than a load of ****

So roughly translated as … I don’t have a clue about them but I have an useles opinion.

I suppose smudge likes his pizza to look like the ones you get from Early Learning Centre!

Now, if you play nicely may be you’ll get an invite to play and have a pizza for tea.

Please don’t feed the troll.

Aye, ignore him, he’s a fud.

Anyone got a turning peel? I don’t find it easy to turn with a regular pizza peel but the turners seem very expensive and currently hard to find. Is it worth it?

I prefer the look of the gozney one over the ooni but I thought there would be a cheapo option!

I’ve got 3 bought a coupe on offer and a Ooni one.

*goes off to google pizza turning peel*

didnt know that was a thing, i find it easy enough to just use the normal metal peel, pull it out for a sec and move it 180 degrees by hand……

We bought a cheap turning peel off ebay for about a tenner. It works fine, much easier than a standard peel.

Quick question. Our burner is due to arrive tomorrow and as the plan is to use the burner when we are out and about, we are considering getting a gaslight bottle.

To help with the sums, how much gas would you guys expect to use on a heat and cook for 2 pizzas?

Gas light a very expensive way to get gas.

Look on Facebook for a 6kg propane from calor and refill them. Still expensive given 6kg LPG bottle is 7quid to fill.

Gaslight is just mugging you

I can’t for the life of me find a cheap turning peel on ebay, or anywhere else.

£50+ seems like a lot for what it is.

I got 6kg Harris gas propane on eBay delivered – not cheap but I wanted it asap. I CBA finding a calor tank and I don’t use FB – wasn’t any on eBay or gumtree near me.

I could easily stick mine in the car – not sure how long it would last. I believe you could use camping gas if you just change the regulator over, though there is conflicting info on ooni’s website about that.

genuine question, can i just ask what the problem is with the normal peel? isnt it just a case of shoving it under the pizza and bringing it out to turn, just the same as youll have to do when its finished anyway?

Ah sorry I just use a normal peel.

wasn’t any on eBay or gumtree near me.

I’m not surprised. The early 2000s called they want their selling medium back 🙂

Yeah all the cool kids are on FB 😂

Watch a vid of the turning peel. You put it under half the pizza and pull then push the other half forwards.

Yes you can use a normal one, but the turning one is meant to make it much easier.

ok im going to bite….. i watched the turning peel video cos i didnt want to comment without having done so….

shove it under to the right, lift a bit, then to the left, lift a bit, centre, lift a bit, shuffle round a bit….

its actually quicker to just shove a normal peel under the whole pizza, bring it out, turn a bit by hand and back in. 2 or 3 seconds?

what am i missing??

Don’t get one then! 🙂 I’ve seen people using them in pizza places and they do it way quicker than in the video I saw.

Definitely not necessary but then nor is a pizza oven.

I can’t for the life of me find a cheap turning peel on ebay, or anywhere else.

Peel on eBay

You shuffle the half cooked dough around on the hot stone rather than bringing it out in the cold and turning it by hand.

@Drac Come back! How much gas do you use for a pizza please? I know its an expensive system but it is also much lighter if we are going to be carrying it.

This video makes more sense than the ooni one which does make it look pointless

Thanks ajaj but that’s more like a standard peel that’s round – the turners are smaller as they aren’t meant to cover the whole area of the pizza

Gaslight is just mugging you

I made a graph of price per kg of gas, including the initial cylinder cost, for the big players and forecourt LPG. Not included is the return of the Calor deposit (whereas Flogas keep your money).