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  1. I’m still a fan of a good amount of sauce but I’m definitely using a lot less cheese than I thought I would. I like the grease also seemingly serving as a way to keep the cheese a little more melty and less viscous. I’d like to venture more into what combinations of cheese and other stuff leads a cheese that stays melty the longest.
  2. I don't think so, i even turned it off for a while before I knew she wanted one. I use a laser thermometer to check and it really quickly reaches max operating temp. This last one I just happened to leave longer b/c i'm never timing the pizzas and am always juggling pizza making with parenting and software development.
  3. None taken! I'm still learnin! I agree the color in pictures looks better. But in person the first was plenty crunchy as you can tell from the bottom crust pic. Not bad for a black and decker pizza oven that reaches 600 deg F in minutes for $25 on facebook marketplace lol. Also this recent batch of pizzas I experimented with using half 00 flour and half organic unbleached all purpose flour from costco. I was trying to figure out how the various levels from only all purpose to only 00 flour affected the crust. My suspicion is that 00 flour is more ideal for a higher temp oven and me baking at 600 deg seems to be ideal for a mix and not pure all purpose or 00 flour. I'm addicted to the Rao's Margharita pizza sauce. Also I top the whole pizza with a mix of red pepper flakes, chili piquin, salt, black pepper and oregano that I ground to a fine powder. I prefer that consistency and increased heat to just pepper flakes. The learning journey continues.
  4. Made these with less of a crust ring even though my kid prefers a monstrous one lol. It’s not conventional but kids aren’t supposed to be! Then the wife called and wanted one for her so I had to make this one without letting the dough warm up enough. Good eating!
  5. Yes more char on the crust. Specifically on the ring of the topside crust. The bottom is perfect due to the pizza oven I'm using utilizing a metal plate as the base. The issue is that I'm baking around 500-600 deg and the results I want happen more like 750+ if not more I think. I show an unusually large ring of crust because that's how my son likes it but I prefer a more normal size for myself. My pizza oven is sooo convenient. I can have it up to temp in less than 5 minutes and it's ready to make more as soon as I'm done with the next pizza. I think I might be able to make them mostly in my oven and then perhaps char them for a minute in the broiler if I wanted to be fancy or make them in bulk for a pizza party. Otherwise I'm too lazy to get the oven going that hot just for a quick broil.
  6. Seems like dough flavor and texture really takes off after day two resting in fridge. Found a lot of good options I hadn’t seen before at the local Walmart. The Margherita style Rao’s sauce was great.
  7. I would love to get the burnt crust of those legit pizza ovens like the Ooni Koda 16 but the bottom not being that crispy is a concern given that it cooks so fast. Anyone here have any experience with that type or similar? I measured the temps at the metal grate in my Black and Decker once it was hot and it was around 550 to 625 at spots consistently and still at 450+ after finishing a whole cook with lots of opening and closing so that seems good. The crust phenomenon that I desire must happen beyond the 600 deg realm.
  8. Good call. I like the sauce a lot. I’ve always liked sauces based out of cherry tomatoes, they seem to have a lot of flavor. Tried cutting my own pepperonis but I went too think I think.
  9. I would think rocker type would make the cleanest cuts. Sometimes those stupid wheels get gunked up and ruin nice clean cuts. What I've done a few times was cut mine on the wood peel, is that a no no for any reason? I don't think a bunch of lines into the wood should do anything to it. Enough corn meal/flour and you're good to go. Also heard something about regularly oiling wood peels but haven't researched that nor see a true need.
  10. Obviously I meant my 10 year old but perhaps that was a Freudian slip of me seeing this as a business opportunity. LOL no you're not too old, there are TONS of people selling food on FB marketplace. But I think i've seen you post in other threads and you seem like a rich guy who isn't about to waste time slinging pizzas on FB marketplace lol.
  11. Kind of thinking of asking my $10 if he wants to make them for people around the neighborhood for $10 a pizza and he gets to keep the money. Teach him how to be a freaking pizza master, manage money and just grind in general. I used to mow yards, he can do what he likes doing, baking stuff with his dad.
  12. Ordered from amazon. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. I actually did my first one with a home made sauce using this stuff, olive oil and salt but honestly I thought that pizza hut sauce was better so I figured maybe I needed to find a good store bought sauce b/c i'd never be able to channel my inner italian grandma sitting on the stove for 8 hours stirring sauce. I think making the dough is one of my favorite parts. I get the use and justify the mixer and I am fascinated with figuring out how to make it the lightest, fluffiest, crunchiest, bubbliest pizza crust. I just realized I have a bunch of brisket I think i'll see how that tastes but not sure how it'll pair with tomato sauce.. Out of pesto but I want to do some kind of chicken pesto cheese pizza, i think that'll be good
  14. I've used the Hormel cup and crisp pepperonis from Kroger and they've been solid.
  15. For the most part I followed this dude's dough recipe. I used Rao's home made marina sauce. I found today that breaking up the fresh mozzeralla into smaller pieces helped with the final product being more elasticy cheese whereas before I was using larger chunks which while melted, were still just a melted solid chunk so your bite can feel that slight difference. The tip the chef made about pre-cooking the crust with the sauce before hand has made a big difference in the final cheese product not being over-cooked and having released too much of its oils. I found that adding too much olive oil before baking all around the crust made it harder and less likely to puff up into larger lighter bubbles. Fresh Parmesan cheese on the sauce adds a nice saltiness. Not to say I'm an expert or anything but the results have been really impressive for just a few iterations. I'm cooking on a Black and decker pizza oven but I'd like to try a pizza stone in the oven, it's just so much more work than using the smaller oven.
  16. I’ve come far in converging on the optimal solution on sauce, cheese mixture, dough prep quantities, olive oil timing and bake method. This shit is fun. Can’t wait to host people and blow them away. Adding grilled chicken pieces has taken it next level. Waiting on arrival of 00 flour today to see what difference that makes.
  17. First time making pizza from scratch. Wow even though I need to tinker with the sauce recipe the results of fresh pizza crust blew me away. A few iterations and I’m going to be dangerous.
  18. In a brisket kolache? Yeah I wouldn’t say that’s much of a stretch... I’ve had billions of rolls stuffed with brisket and bbq sauce in my life.
  19. My kid and I have been baking shit lately to try to get him off the games so this is another good option. I wanted to say for your pico idea I would think that it would taste much better if you keep it like you did but afterwards cut a slice into them then you can add pico or bbq sauce or whatever suits your fancy. If you add the pico before the cook it's gonna make the pico soggy and hot which isn't as appetizing as fresh cool pico with crispier tomatoes and jalapenos. Just a thought!
  20. NOTHING can top brisket tacos with some avocado and salsa.
  21. Oh my god. It's like i've watched my own son grow up. I've watched your first pizza attempts on here when you were but a wee little lad. They weren't great but I was proud of you for trying. Now you're stunting on hoes. How does one replicate this dough and baking method? I need this in and around my mouth.
  22. Now that’s a confident mother fucker.
  23. You’re welcome for the insider knowledge.
  24. Fried tacos in red enchilada sauce (never seen this before). Slammed and went duro.
  25. Damn son you’d really get the smoker going just to smoke the steaks for a bit or are you going to use a ceramic smoker that gets hot enough so you can use it to do the cast iron sear too? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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