Ooni pizza ovens & accessories thread

Sounds good, I'll give that a go.

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I have a similar setup. I use the turning peel to move the pizza onto the wooden launch peel that I have close to hand .

Slightly off topic but does anyone know where to get a block of or sliced mozzarella? I know its completely different to the fresh buffalo balls of mozzarella but there are times when I fancy a New York style pizza rather than margherita style and having some block or sliced mozzarella in the fridge would be useful. I tried Aldi, Lidl and Tesco without any success.

Second this, lovely and meaty

Dunnes have the block in their normal cheese section as well, I prefer it on the pizza to the watery stuff.

I used to slice them up a few hours in advance and leave them in a strainer, it helped a lot but the drier one always worked better for me!

Howdy Pizza Peeps

Borrowed my cousins Ooni the weekend.. WOW! So impressed.

Took the plunge yesterday and bought my own. As someone who's made his own dough and sauces for years - I was so impressed with the setup, cooking time, ease of use. Mind you - I was well warned about 'launching' with less toppings than I'd usually have and getting to grips with the turning peel (I practiced turning some table place mats before-hand LOL).

Picked up a thermometer and both peels from Amazon Germany - so here's hoping everything arrives soon - as I'm off next week!

sound! thanks

Tesco have the Golden Bake 2 premade doughballs for €1 down from €3. Handy

Its a tricky one as Ive always thought that a hot stone matched with a very heavy cast iron pan isnt a great combination, Im very careful of mine and treat it like its glass when using it with cast iron. Id say it is a problem that Ooni come across time and again even with people being as careful as they can be and only placing it delicately on the stone. The stone itself sits on little metal spikes at the 4 corners of the oven so as its not sitting flat on the metal base below it you can see how a heavy cast iron would put pressure on the stones strength when it is at 450c.

By any chance are you heating up the oven (and stone) to 450 degrees and then putting a cold cast iron on it? If you are starting both out cold and pre heating them together simultaneously you would wonder what else you can do to prevent it happening again.

Maybe a (less than ideal) solution is to use your cracked stone for the cast iron and the uncracked stone for pizza. Obviously thats not much good if you want to cook both pizza and something in the cast iron in the same session. But if you have a large enough section of cracked stone to hold the pan the performance of it in getting up to high temperatures will still be the same. Not ideal I know but you're probably thinking I dont want to be having to go back to Ooni looking for yet another stone even when its not your fault.

yeah I would definitely try to pre heat both stone and the cast iron simultaneously going forward as placing a cold cast iron on a 450c degree stone might be causing thermal shock which at high temperatures then leads to the stone cracking. Im not certain on that but if the stone did crack again at least you could rule that potential cause out. Were your 3rd stone to crack when pre heating simultaneously then I think we can definitely say Ooni have a design flaw becasue there is not much else you can do other than placing the cast iron delicately when putting it inside.

If your 3rd stone was to crack AFAIK there is another option, theres an Italian company who makes pizza stones, I think they are well known for it in Italy. I cant remember the name of them but they were mentioned a couple of years back on the other Ooni thread in the Food forum here. iirc prices were around 35-40 though Im not sure how much shipping is and they are heavy. But it could be an option if they are known for making strong stones that last for years.

Also if you are balancing a screaming hot cast iron pan at the edge of the oven and flipping steaks Id be very careful and definitely wear oven gloves on both hands because if boiling hot fat spits on your hand your instant reaction will be to pull your hand away quickly and that way lies disaster. Id use a long BBQ tongs to flip them as well so your hand isnt that close to the flame or pan.

If you're even buying a dedicated table for on Ooni Id highly recommend looking into a stainless steel catering table. Not only can you shape and top the pizza on it outdoors during summer its also handy for putting screaming hot cast iron pans on it in order to flip steaks safely. As its steel it will absorb the heat perfectly and it wont be marked unlike wood.

It may well be a one time, as I got a similar code (VIPizza prefix, but the rest is different), so if it ceases working for anyone, that may be why.

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