Testing out pizza oven renovation for Australia day
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Testing out pizza oven renovation for Australia day
Over the Christmas break I renovated my pizza oven. The old render had cracked and was causing an issue with water seeping into the cooking chamber. This made it take longer to heat up, cooled down too quick and smoked for too long.
So chipped the old stuff away, fixed the chimney by putting in a flu then a coat of render with perlite for extra insulation, a top coat with a oxide to give some colour...was too light, then gave it a oxide wash with a sealer. If a landscaper did it, the colour would be called wet dark clay or something like that. For me, and you can see a bit of the colour in the middle picture, I will say baby Pooh brown is the best descriptor
Tonight’s results, seems a success. Low / minimal smoke at the start, used about a 1/3rd less wood and was super hot at the door ( as the photos will show). As for the food, 3 pizza, a calzone and some entrees. The photos show the entree....a margarita pizza ( tomato, basil and cheese) plus some jalapeño poppers, the jalapeño came out of my garden vegetable batch about 30 mins before going in oven. As for heat, well in excess of 350C at the door means super quick pizza cooking!
Not a shrimp on the barbie ( we say prawns in Oz) but a bit of variety is good for the soul as they say.
Cheers
So chipped the old stuff away, fixed the chimney by putting in a flu then a coat of render with perlite for extra insulation, a top coat with a oxide to give some colour...was too light, then gave it a oxide wash with a sealer. If a landscaper did it, the colour would be called wet dark clay or something like that. For me, and you can see a bit of the colour in the middle picture, I will say baby Pooh brown is the best descriptor
Tonight’s results, seems a success. Low / minimal smoke at the start, used about a 1/3rd less wood and was super hot at the door ( as the photos will show). As for the food, 3 pizza, a calzone and some entrees. The photos show the entree....a margarita pizza ( tomato, basil and cheese) plus some jalapeño poppers, the jalapeño came out of my garden vegetable batch about 30 mins before going in oven. As for heat, well in excess of 350C at the door means super quick pizza cooking!
Not a shrimp on the barbie ( we say prawns in Oz) but a bit of variety is good for the soul as they say.
Cheers
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Re: Testing out pizza oven renovation for Australia day
Well done Oscar, looks great. Geez you are getting plenty of heat out of it.
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Re: Testing out pizza oven renovation for Australia day
Great job. Perfect for tomorrow
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Happy Australia Day, eat a Pizza for me too.
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Good one Oscar. Enjoy!
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