Uuni pizza oven for camping ?

[Minxy]

@Ridgeway ... looks like some sort of modern 'art' installation ... a bit like a metal giraffe with its head chopped off!

 

[Astro]

a bit like a metal giraffe with its head chopped off!

And its legs chopped off too

Edit - I'm no good at modern art - the table is the legs - doh !

 

[Ridgeway]

Just came across these:

https://www.thefirepod.com

Looks more versatile than an Uuni but also larger and more $$$

 

[Camping Gaza]

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[Camping Gaza]

Why do you all buy these gadgets? Here is my portable pizza oven...

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[denisejoe]

Just came across these:

https://www.thefirepod.com

Looks more versatile than an Uuni but also larger and more $$$

£700 you can buy a lot of pizza

 

[Ridgeway]

Looks like they are 495 and down to 425 at present, as said lots of $$$ but it does more than other portable pizza only ovens. So far happy with the Uuni 3 at £200.

 

[Camping Gaza]

£700 you can buy a lot of pizza

Actually not much to be honest looking at some of the take away leaflets that fall through my door!!!

(700 quid can buy you a lot of diesel tho! that's where I would spend my money, touring!)

 

[Ridgeway]

Uuni 3 now has a gas burner option or upgrade kit available ! Also there's the new Uuni Pro out, too big to be portable though, stick to my 3 for that.

 

[hilldweller]

I use Antonio Carluccio's

Ah, Two Fat Italians. Such enthusiasts.

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[Coastal Cruiser.]

Similar type of pizza oven.

https://www.roccbox.com/gb/product/

https://www.thefirepod.com/all-products/firepods/firepod-outdoor-gas-cooking-oven-lava-red/

 

[zac]

I just brought the gas add on. Now I just need to sell off the 3 bags of pellets I brought last year lol. Certainly won’t need both now. Anybody for some cheap original pellets.

 

[Ridgeway]

I just brought the gas add on. Now I just need to sell off the 3 bags of pellets I brought last year lol. Certainly won’t need both now. Anybody for some cheap original pellets.

Let us know how you like it vs the pellets. Certainly looks more convenient but just wonder if the results are the same ?

 

[zac]

Let us know how you like it vs the pellets. Certainly looks more convenient but just wonder if the results are the same ?

I hope it is, it says it has twin burners which should be good enough. All my other appliances are gas so makes sense to have this one the same. I will use the quick release connectors for ease of use.

 

[Ridgeway]

I wondered about the heat as you need to run with the door open when using the gas burner, also looking some videos it seems to suggest that cooking will take longer, no big deal if the results are the same. The control and convenience are key though as filling the hopper and the heat swings are a pain with the pellets.

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[Ridgeway]

So with 3yrs of using the Uuni 3 run on pellets and having cooked a few hundred pizzas on it i've decided to upgrade to gas.....

But rather than just buy the gas kit for the now called Ooni 3 i decided to buy a new model, the Koda. Similar size to the current Ooni 3 but a little more portable (no chimney or door) and it's a dedicated gas model that i'll run off the vans gas supply.

Looking forward to temperature stability over a decent cooking period (we tend to cook 6 pizzas each time, one after another) and easier lighting

 

[orridge]

So with 3yrs of using the Uuni 3 run on pellets and having cooked a few hundred pizzas on it i've decided to upgrade to gas.....

But rather than just buy the gas kit for the now called Ooni 3 i decided to buy a new model, the Koda. Similar size to the current Ooni 3 but a little more portable (no chimney or door) and it's a dedicated gas model that i'll run off the vans gas supply.

Looking forward to temperature stability over a decent cooking period (we tend to cook 6 pizzas each time, one after another) and easier lighting

Also have an Ooni 3 and just brought a couple of mods off eBay that convert the 3 to burning wood instead of the pellets so will be interesting to see how that goes.

 

[M-J]

Any bbq (gas or charcoal) with a pizza stone is enough to make a good pizza.

 

[The Wino]

Has anyone tried one of the Aldi ones that just sit on top of the gas burner or BBQ.?

 

[Ridgeway]

Any bbq (gas or charcoal) with a pizza stone is enough to make a good pizza.

"good enough" maybe but it won't produce anything decent though

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[M-J]

"good enough" maybe but it won't produce anything decent though

Yeah it would, and has.

 

[Ridgeway]

The Koda arrived yesterday, looks like a nice device and certainly a step up from the original Uuni prototype style of the earlier models. Connected it up and it started first time, left it on for a few mins just to get some idea of how it burns and all seemed OK. Hopefully first session with it tomorrow evening.....

Stocked up on pizza flour, black olives, anchovies and passata

 

[MisterB]

Yeah it would, and has.

we use a pizza stone on our cadac, its brilliant

Really crisps and bakes the bottom, just dont use frozen pizzas. bit of flour on the stone to stop it sticking, move it around a bit at first, again to stop it sticking. use the lid to help the cooking process

when we go away, we buy cheap simple pizza bases and then add our own toppings, it can be a great way to use up leftovers, bits of chicken, chilli con carne etc, just a few spoonfuls is all it takes !

mine was the seafood half !!

 

[Ridgeway]

First results off the Koda on Saturday:

Average cooking times was 80-90 seconds per pizza. Tried a few heat settings and concluded that at around 80% seems to be about right and they seem to need 20-25 seconds on the first cook, then 15 seconds ish for each additional side (counting 4 sides if that makes sense). It made it so much easier cooking with gas, no temperature swing and no faff with the fuel hopper etc, just a much more controllable experience. Will make it a far more manageable and predictable process when we're out camping with it.

 

[WESTY66]

First results off the Koda on Saturday:

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Average cooking times was 80-90 seconds per pizza. Tried a few heat settings and concluded that at around 80% seems to be about right and they seem to need 20-25 seconds on the first cook, then 15 seconds ish for each additional side (counting 4 sides if that makes sense). It made it so much easier cooking with gas, no temperature swing and no faff with the fuel hopper etc, just a much more controllable experience. Will make it a far more manageable and predictable process when we're out camping with it.

This is exactly what we need Howard H ?

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[DBK]

First results off the Koda on Saturday:

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Average cooking times was 80-90 seconds per pizza. Tried a few heat settings and concluded that at around 80% seems to be about right and they seem to need 20-25 seconds on the first cook, then 15 seconds ish for each additional side (counting 4 sides if that makes sense). It made it so much easier cooking with gas, no temperature swing and no faff with the fuel hopper etc, just a much more controllable experience. Will make it a far more manageable and predictable process when we're out camping with it.

That looks good, I guess the internal temperature must be very high, 400C+ I suspect to cook that quick.

Thanks for the update.

 

[Ridgeway]

That looks good, I guess the internal temperature must be very high, 400C+ I suspect to cook that quick.

Thanks for the update.

i think it's supposed max out at 430º ish so i'd guess it was more like 400º as i had it turned down a bit. Easily enough to get great results with pizza.

 

[MisterB]

80 or 90 seconds? I am sure if pizza restaurants could turn them out that quickly they would ...

 

[Helen Ariel]

I'd love one of those ooni's but just can't justify it at the moment so I've been perfecting my technique on the gas webber over the last month or so. Mini pizza seems the best bet to make life easy getting a very thin pizza onto the grill, minimal non wet toppings very important so meat and cheese really plus a bit of chilli or rosemary, grill on lowest setting and a few chunks of applewood around the edge and a roasting tray placed over the pizza to help reflect heat back to the top of the pizza. This is the best pizza I've managed to make and used to do them on a cast iron griddle at home at 300 degrees but they would not bubble up and crisp up as well as these. 4 of these is enough for 2 people.

 

[MisterB]

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I'd love one of those ooni's but just can't justify it at the moment so I've been perfecting my technique on the gas webber over the last month or so. Mini pizza seems the best bet to make life easy getting a very thin pizza onto the grill, minimal non wet toppings very important so meat and cheese really plus a bit of chilli or rosemary, grill on lowest setting and a few chunks of applewood around the edge and a roasting tray placed over the pizza to help reflect heat back to the top of the pizza. This is the best pizza I've managed to make and used to do them on a cast iron griddle at home at 300 degrees but they would not bubble up and crisp up as well as these. 4 of these is enough for 2 people.

Have you tried with a pizza stone?

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