Time to get serious about a new pizza oven

[USUC]

This will sound incredibly ignorant of me, but what are the advantages of these as opposed to a pizza stone/steel in a convection oven? My oven only goes up to 550 so the pizza can take 6 to 7 minutes to cook. But they come out pretty good. Does these just take it to professional levels?

[Pelado]

This will sound incredibly ignorant of me, but what are the advantages of these as opposed to a pizza stone/steel in a convection oven? My oven only goes up to 550 so the pizza can take 6 to 7 minutes to cook. But they come out pretty good. Does these just take it to professional levels?

6-7 minutes? That's soooo long. You must be very patient.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This will sound incredibly ignorant of me, but what are the advantages of these as opposed to a pizza stone/steel in a convection oven? My oven only goes up to 550 so the pizza can take 6 to 7 minutes to cook. But they come out pretty good. Does these just take it to professional levels?

It takes you from pretty good home pizza to as good as any restaurant level quality. Also, with the faster cook times you can crank out more pizzas. We often do parties with 10 to 20 people and it is no problem cranking out enough pizzas to keep everybody happy and having a great time. We buy our doughballs from a local pizza restaurant, so that makes the entire process super easy.

[USUC]

It takes you from pretty good home pizza to as good as any restaurant level quality. Also, with the faster cook times you can crank out more pizzas. We often do parties with 10 to 20 people and it is no problem cranking out enough pizzas to keep everybody happy and having a great time. We buy our doughballs from a local pizza restaurant, so that makes the entire process super easy.

Ok, that makes sense. I'm typically making 2 pizzas for just my family. Having big get together with a quick pizza oven would be much better. The way the cheese melts is the biggest weakness of my method. It's still really good but the cheese doesn't quite brown evenly like a restaurant.

[MartyFunkhouser]

It takes you from pretty good home pizza to as good as any restaurant level quality. Also, with the faster cook times you can crank out more pizzas. We often do parties with 10 to 20 people and it is no problem cranking out enough pizzas to keep everybody happy and having a great time. We buy our doughballs from a local pizza restaurant, so that makes the entire process super easy.

Where are you buying the dough from these days?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Where are you buying the dough from these days?

Nico’s in Provo. It is outstanding. You can make your own, but to do it right it needs to sit in your fridge for 2 to 4 days before you cook it. By contrast, you can get it from a restaurant and they’ve already aged it for you and you don’t have to be so careful about planning ahead. You can usually buy the balls for ~4 bucks each. Worth every penny.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Nico’s in Provo. It is outstanding. You can make your own, but to do it right it needs to sit in your fridge for 2 to 4 days before you cook it. By contrast, you can get it from a restaurant and they’ve already aged it for you and you don’t have to be so careful about planning ahead. You can usually buy the balls for ~4 bucks each. Worth every penny.

Do you need to call ahead to order it or just go in and ask?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Do you need to call ahead to order it or just go in and ask?

Just drop in. They have plenty. But if we have a big order (10 dough balls for example) then we like to call ahead and they have everything ready for you to pick up when you arrive. These are all medium-size for a 13-inch pizza. You need to be sure and put them out on the counter to warm up 3 hours before you use them. The dough does not stretch properly when they are cold and then shrink when you cook them. 3 hrs seems about right.

By the way, you can also buy "pizza kits" for $7. It includes dough, sauce, cheese, toppings. We do this for the margarita pizza from Nicos which is fantastic. We buy cheese and pepperoni at Costco and freeze it in pre-measureed portions (6 oz for cheese) and 28? pepperoni. We do chicken BBQ pizza (super popular), combo, etc. Fun to experiment.

[USUC]

Just drop in. They have plenty. But if we have a big order (10 dough balls for example) then we like to call ahead and they have everything ready for you to pick up when you arrive. These are all medium-size for a 13-inch pizza. You need to be sure and put them out on the counter to warm up 3 hours before you use them. The dough does not stretch properly when they are cold and then shrink when you cook them. 3 hrs seems about right.

By the way, you can also buy "pizza kits" for $7. It includes dough, sauce, cheese, toppings. We do this for the margarita pizza from Nicos which is fantastic. We buy cheese and pepperoni at Costco and freeze it in pre-measureed portions (6 oz for cheese) and 28? pepperoni. We do chicken BBQ pizza (super popular), combo, etc. Fun to experiment.

I really like whole milk Mozzarella, preferably in a block that I shred right before putting on the pizza. But over the last couple of years it's really difficult to find in stores.

[beefytee]

The personal pizzas is kind of what I want to be able to do. I want to be able to do pizza nights where each kid gets their own pizza.

That’s how we do pizza night with our oven.

Everyone makes their own.

[MartyFunkhouser]

I think I'm going to go with the Solo one. I realize it is smaller, but I think with my current setup that is for the best. It is also on sale right now and I can get it for $300.

[Bucko]

I think I'm going to go with the Solo one. I realize it is smaller, but I think with my current setup that is for the best. It is also on sale right now and I can get it for $300.

Late to the game and I have not read all the posts but I got the Halo pizza oven . . rotating stone is a game changer.

[BigPiney]

Late to the game and I have not read all the posts but I got the Halo pizza oven . . rotating stone is a game changer.

Woah, long time... Good to see you

[MartyFunkhouser]

I ordered the Solo Pizza oven today. I should have it in about a week or so and I will fire it up. Now, I need to work on assembling the list of items that the Dude said that I need.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Pizza oven getting delivered today. Got all the stuff for making pizza last night that the dude recommended. Found out a pizza place near me sells dough. Going to take it for a test run tomorrow