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What is the Best Wood Fired Pizza Oven?
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What is the best wood-fired pizza oven?
Wood-fired pizza ovens have gained a lot of popularity in recent years because of the high-quality, authentic pizzas that can be made by almost anyone. Several types of outdoor wood-fired pizza ovens are available. But one thing to note is that there is no one-size-fits-all pizza oven, hence you need to find out, which is the best pizza oven for you. Here is a guide to help you choose the best wood-fired pizza oven.
- 1. Residential habits
If you change your house often, you need an oven that you can take with you. An assembled brick oven or portable oven would be the best choice for this scenario. But if you hardly see yourself in a new house in the foreseeable future, think about masonryor modular brick ovens.
- 2. Location of your oven
If you want to install an assembled oven, you need to first test the possibilities of where you’ll place the oven. The most flexible ovens regarding location are the portable pizza ovens
- 3. Time allocated for cooking
If you have the time to spend a few hours heating up the masonry oven, then maximize its potential. You can then take advantage of the oven’s retained heat for overnight slow cooking, afterward. But if you do not have much time to spend on the pizza oven, then choose a wood-fired oven with lower thermal mass.
How long does it take to heat up a wood-fired pizza oven? Depending on a number of factors, ovens can take anywhere between 1-3 hours to reach optimum pizza cooking temperature. Modular or assembled brick ovens have a shorter heat-up time (1-1,5 h) than masonry ovens.
- 4. What to cook in your oven?
There is a variety of other meals that can be cooked in the wood-fired oven, besides pizza. Both brick and portable ovens can do almost all the other cooking styles. However, if you would like your pizza in 90 seconds, then you need a temperature of 430-480°C (800-900°F) which can be achieved by brick ovens like masonry ovens.
- 5. Choosing the wood
What kind of wood do you use in a pizza oven? The use of quality and well-seasoned firewood is essential for the efficient operation of wood-fired pizza ovens. You should use only local wood that has been seasoned and dried. Hardwoods are suitable for use in wood-fired pizza ovens.
Why is wood-fired pizza better? The smoky flavour and crunchy toppings of wood fire oven pizza must beat all other types of pizzas. The pizza is cooked very quickly, which is very economical for cooking a lot of pizzas.
Wood-Fired Pizza Oven Models
Alfa Pizza - Forno 4 Pizze Wood Fire Oven Cooking Area - Copper Top
The large dimensions and mouth are ideal to cook 4 pizzas in 90 seconds, or 4 kg of bread with every load. Wood-fired Pizza oven that can even be used on balconies or terraces. It features the same refractory floor as used in professional commercial pizza ovens. The stainless steel dome is designed to rapidly reach operating temperature.
Alfa Pizza - Forno 5 Minuti Wood Fire Oven Cooking area - Copper Top
To maintain heat of 200°-250°C (ideal for indirect cooking eg Meat, Veg, and Bread), add one log every 15-20 minutes. You can also use the door to reduce temperature (by op itening) or increase temperature (by closing it). The one and only Forno 5 Minuti by Alfa Pizza is a compact wood-fired oven for bread and pizza.
Alfa Pizza - Forno Ciao Wood Fire Oven Cooking Area - Grey Top
The Ciao series by Alfa Pizza proposes a solution to all of the problems of space with small, medium, and large ovens available. The new Ciaos are perfect for cooking pizza, bread, roasts, grills, earthenware dishes and desserts ... everything that you love to cook with a traditional oven.
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