This week I made a Pepperoni Pizza in the Ooni Karu pizza oven using the wood-fired burner. I heated the stone up to 430c, the standard central temperature I use as a guide for all the pizza ovens.
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But going forward, based on my most recent wood-fired cooking experiences in the Ooni Karu, I will be cooking at a lower temperature in the centre.
Check out the video below that shows the pizza cook using the Ooni Karu Pizza Oven and how I managed not to burn the base of the pizza on the hot pizza stone!
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What started off as a nice hot base pizza cook, turned into a very quick base cook - too quick for my toppings and crust. What I had to do to stop the base from overcooking was to hold the pizza up with the turning peel. I placed the pizza in the air near to the flame and turned it regularly to get an even cook.
This only happens to me when I use wood-fired fuel. I've never had to do this with the gas-burner heated pizza stones.
My thoughts on what happened with the Ooni Karu pizza stone:
- This pizza stone is thicker than the Ooni Koda pizza stone
- The heat from the flame burner at the back is more intense than it would be in a bigger oven, like the Ooni Pro, for example.
- I heat the stone to 420c using the gas-burner flame in the Ooni Karu.
So, going forward I aim to cook in the centre at a temperature of around 410c instead of 430c and hope to see if that makes a difference to the speed of the base cook. I'll report on the outcome of this in a future video and blog post!
Enjoy!
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