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I have always dreamed of having a backyard with a huge stone pizza oven. But I’m afraid it’s going to be baby steps for me to get to my dream, so I started my journey on Mother’s Day when I treated myself to an Ooni Koda gas pizza oven from Capital BBQ.
This pizza oven has changed my life. It is portable, meaning I can pack it up and bring it to a friends house for dinner. It weighs 12 pounds, the design is sleek, I can store it in the off-season in my kitchen. It is powered by a propane tank and it only takes 15 minutes for it to come up to 930° and it cooks delicious Neapolitan style pizzas in 60 seconds.
The high temperatures help pizza dough quickly transform to a perfectly chewy-but-crispy crust, all while drawing any excess moisture out of any sauce, cheeses & toppings you have on your pizza. The result? Crispy crust, with no sogginess. A pizza lover’s dream!
I do have a couple of tips I have learned in the 5 times I have used my pizza oven.
- Use only quality ingredients – I make my own dough and sauce and boy does it make a difference!
- Use a wood pizza peel to put the pizza in the oven and the metal one to pull it out
- Do not multi task when you are making the pizzas, they take 60 seconds and every 20 seconds you turn the pie in the oven
- The less toppings the better. Since this cooks quickly you need you keep the toppings light
- Try new things! I created a Flammkuchen style pizza that is the 💣
- It is not just for pizza! With a cast iron pan you can look steaks and chicken in it too!
The cost. My Ooni koda cost me 499$ CDN plus tax. I would say it was the best money I ever spent.
Pizza dough, sauce and recipes coming soon!!
