ottawa foodies

Anyone have input to this?

www.canadiantire.ca

It is on sale this week and we eat pizza once a week.

I wont get a wood fired oven constructed this year no matter how hard I want one

I wouldn't buy this.

I have a pizza stone I can use 12 months of the year and it cost $150 less than this one trick pony.

We use our Broil King Keg (charcoal barbecue) to make pizza practically every week and it does a great job. It was more expensive than this but it can also be used to cook everything else. I guess the question is how much do you need a barbecue versus something as specialised as this, and is it a good investment versus paying more and getting a general use barbecue that can do pizza and everything else as well? I also personally prefer using charcoal to using propane, as this one uses.

At the full price of $299 I can't see it being worth while. At $199 I guess it's worth asking yourself the question.

It claims a 700F cooking temp, far above what my oven will do. That is part of the appeal. Plus in the summer those of us without AC dont want to fire up the oven always. I do use charcoal for BBQing generally.

Ideally i would have time to build a wood oven but time is short. I wonder if I can take it back if I do not like the results.

K,

There's a verbal slip-up in the product video where they claim 700 *Celsius*! Perfect for those times when you want to use aluminum instead of cheese. :D

You mean melted aluminium ?

If you already own a BBQ why can't you put a pizza stone on it?
I always thought you could?

I do not own a BBQ, but am not allowed one where I live. also no place to store a gas tank.

But I think I might pick up a pizza stone to use in my regular oven- my oven goes to 500 something.

I used to have some baking sheet that was huge with a lot of small holes in it, it was good for making foods crisp in the oven- but that got worn out so need something else now...

*I think a charcoal bbq would be good for pizza.
Usually I buy a Naan pizza downtown and the Naan is made in a tandoor (I see them make the dough and cook it) and they finish off the pizza in a toaster oven.

It is quite tasty and I'm sure if the place had space for a actual charcoal grill it would be even tastier.
(but for 10 bucks no complaint there....).

I use my charcoal bbq for pizza all the time. Put a cold pizza stone on the grill, Build a ring of charcoal just outside the edges of it and then add some chunks of wood. Get as much air through as you can to get the heat up (I bury my thermo at 650+ on the weber kettle) and then cook your pizzas for 7-8 minutes. I like to use a bit of coarse cornflower on the bottom to prevent sticking.

If you keep an eye out you can find an old kettle BBQ pretty cheap and just use it for pizza for allot less than than $199!