The Official Pizza Discussion thread (was: Cooking Neapolitan Pizzas with the Uuni 3)

jpaul · 16 Jan 2019 at 11:31

robj20 said:
Just get one, use mine for so much more than pizza, Naan bread, steak, fajitas,

would you fire it up specifically for a steak, versus corrugated iron griddle on a gas stove. ?
had wondered if the chip types could impart an interesting smoky flaavour but seems the jury's out -
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/uuni-3-pizza-oven-review.260771/page-2

robj20 · 16 Jan 2019 at 11:50

jpaul said:
would you fire it up specifically for a steak, versus corrugated iron griddle on a gas stove. ?
had wondered if the chip types could impart an interesting smoky flaavour but seems the jury's out -
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/uuni-3-pizza-oven-review.260771/page-2

Absolutely, if its a good size steak, if its the thin ones then no its too hot for those.
With gas it takes about 5 minutes to heat up with a cast iron pan chuck the steak in for a few minutes and its done.

I doubt you would ever get the smokey taste stuff just isnt in there long enough, pizza takes less than 2 minutes.

thewanted · 16 Jan 2019 at 11:53

Get some nduja. It'll blow your mind on a margherita.

Regy53 · 20 Jan 2019 at 17:44

after having the worst pizza from Papa johns friday i have taken the plunge for a Uuni 3 with gas.

Really looking forward to it.

Any tips on the dough

thewanted · 20 Jan 2019 at 18:01

Regy53 said:
Any tips on the dough

This is a good recipe. I'm a big fan of the type 00 flour from Waitrose.

Regy53 · 20 Jan 2019 at 18:37

Thanks @thewanted that will be what we do first. not sure how long it takes to come from Uuni but i want pizza friday as its our usual take away night so we will give it a go

Tyrone1Wils · 20 Jan 2019 at 18:39

I have a Uuni 3, I love it but don't use it as much as I should: Heres 2 of my pizzas from it

robj20 · 21 Jan 2019 at 05:35

They look good, need to get some more gas for my Ooni.

tom_nieto · 16 Feb 2019 at 22:56

Just unwrapped one of these for my birthday...! What an awesome piece of kit! Need to perfect the recipe, but managed to make about 5 passable pizzas this evening with a false start due to too little flour on the pizza peel. Can’t wait to have another go soon!

I reluctantly used a paraffin lighter after a failed attempt to start the pellets with a small blowtorch. Had absolutely no trouble getting the oven to a roaring heat and pizzas were cooked in about 90 seconds!

Questions for the Uuni owners:

Do you use the Uuni wood pellets, or are there cheaper/better alternatives?

What’s the best way to get the pellets lit? Are the natural firefighters any good? I might be a man and get a proper blowtorch.

What cast iron skillets are you using in the oven for meat/veg? My cast iron pans all have handles which would be no good in the oven I presume.

Things I want to try:

More pizza (obvs)
Naan
Massive T bone
Baba ganoush with proper flamed aubergines.

Psycho Sonny · 25 Feb 2019 at 17:01

tom_nieto said:
This looks awesome. Would work well for naan bread too no doubt! How is it to clean? I can imagine roasting meat in there too.

it's a stone base so you can't use anything on it which has flavour so bread is fine. meat no.

it will burn everything off. i tend to rotate the stone every time i use it. so top becomes bottom and bottom becomes top.

then when i go to use it at the top the bottom bit will have been burnt to a crisp so i use a brush to brush off the burnt bits.

tom_nieto · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:27

Psycho Sonny said:
it's a stone base so you can't use anything on it which has flavour so bread is fine. meat no.

it will burn everything off. i tend to rotate the stone every time i use it. so top becomes bottom and bottom becomes top.

then when i go to use it at the top the bottom bit will have been burnt to a crisp so i use a brush to brush off the burnt bits.

Meat/veg in a cast iron skillet would be fine though. I just need to find one that’s a suitable size.

Very impressed with my preliminary attempts at using the oven. Can’t wait to have another go this weekend!

@Loki, @Regy53 @Tyrone1Wils - are you using the Uuni wood pellets?

Psycho Sonny · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:29

tom_nieto said:
Meat/veg in a cast iron skillet would be fine though. I just need to find one that’s a suitable size.

Very impressed with my preliminary attempts at using the oven. Can’t wait to have another go this weekend!

ooni sell their own cast iron range. i bought 4 of their sizzlers

tom_nieto · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:30

Psycho Sonny said:
ooni sell their own cast iron range. i bought 4 of their sizzlers

Will take a look! Are you using their own wood pellets too, or have you found another source?

Edit: how do you find the shape/size? They don’t look great for large cuts of meat. I’m thinking a reverse sear or similar.

Hedge · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:36

Im inspired to get my Uuni 3 fired up.

I use a Blowtorch to get mine started. Takes about 20 sec

Psycho Sonny · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:39

tom_nieto said:
Will take a look! Are you using their own wood pellets too, or have you found another source?

https://www.wolseley.co.uk/product/balcas-brites-wood-pellet--non-trade-10-kg/

nobody should be using their own pellets it's like £10 for 3kg whereas you can get 10kg for £4

Psycho Sonny · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:39

Hedge said:
Im inspired to get my Uuni 3 fired up.

I use a Blowtorch to get mine started. Takes about 20 sec

natural firelighter takes 1 second. light it and put it in and it's lit. it's also natural (made of wood/paper)

tom_nieto · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:44

Hedge said:
Im inspired to get my Uuni 3 fired up.

I use a Blowtorch to get mine started. Takes about 20 sec

I need a bigger blowtorch... mine is good for birthday candles and that’s about it! Bought some natural fire lighters instead.

@Psycho Sonny - does it matter that they’re softwood rather than hardwood?

Shoeyuk · 25 Feb 2019 at 19:56

I love lighting my unni 3 with a blowtorch.

I’ve done pizzas, nann, steaks and spatchcock chicken.

I am looking into getting the johnjoe hopper extender anyone on here got one?

jpaul · 25 Feb 2019 at 20:14

the pizza thread had done the pellets 30kg/£10 -> https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/31472252

Psycho Sonny · 25 Feb 2019 at 20:35

jpaul said:
the pizza thread had done the pellets 30kg/£10 -> https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/31472252

they are now known as the company i linked to £4 for 10kg

tom_nieto said:
I need a bigger blowtorch... mine is good for birthday candles and that’s about it! Bought some natural fire lighters instead.

@Psycho Sonny - does it matter that they’re softwood rather than hardwood?

never had any issues using them. for the price even if they do burn faster they would need to be burning like stupidly fast for it not to be worthwhile.

1 bag lasted me all of summer last year and i had 4-6 parties. i think 1 bag will last something like 10-15 hours depending on wind