Gas Pizza Oven

Not all ovens are created equal. Some are just for general purpose baking and cooking.  While some are specifically designed to bake a number of pizzas with quality in mind.

The Wrong Tool
If you’ve been using your ordinary kitchen oven in baking pizza, you undoubtedly experienced problems regarding consistency in quality.  There were times when the pizza came out ‘just right,’ but most of the time they’re either burned, over-cooked, under-cooked, unevenly-cooked or soggy in texture.  Then there’s the issue with taste that deteriorated because of poor baking equipment.  You probably also tried using different trays, adding pizza stones, placing bricks or putting lava rocks just to bake the pizza at the right temperature for a preset duration.

The Jack-of-All-Trades Oven
The bad news and the sad reality is that most, if not all, of these tricks does not change that fact that you are using the wrong equipment for the job.  It’s like driving a truck in a racetrack when a more suitable racecar will fare much better.  The conventional kitchen oven is designed for general purpose baking and cooking.  These include baking bread, cookies, cake, lasagna or roasting beef, turkey, or chicken and that doesn’t include your favorite pizza. 

Tolerant Food vs. The Exacting Pizza
Baking and cooking these food do not require precise temperatures and duration.  You can leave bread a few minutes longer in a kitchen oven and it will still turn out fine.  You can slightly over-cook the turkey for Thanksgiving and just add more sauce to compensate for the dried meat.  Unfortunately, your precious pizza that is only a few centimeters thick cannot endure this cruel torture.

Custom Baking Solution
Pizza baking requires a delicate balance between temperature, baking time, moisture content and heat source.  General purpose ovens are not designed to handle this undertaking effectively and efficiently.  That’s the reason why you get a hit-or-miss result with a kitchen oven and pretty end up discarding or eating your failed attempts.  You therefore need a machine that’s specifically designed to bake the perfect pizza. 

The Specialist
Gas pizza ovens are particularly manufactured for this single purpose.  A thinner form factor means less volume of air and oven surface to heat up before baking.  This translates to the concentration of heat to a lesser volume for the same surface area that results to more even baking.  There is also less delay in heat transfer when you have fewer air and space to go through.  The precise timer in gas pizza ovens are also calibrated with the residual heat in the oven after it switches off the gas.  The warm water vapor will also remain longer and closer to the pizza and will help ensure that it is neither too soggy or too dry.  Closer heat source to the pie also enable the direct and even application of heat across the food surface.

There’s a Size Just for you
Gas pizza ovens come in different sizes that fulfill a certain requirement.  The smallest ones have the footprint of a 15-inch laptop and can handle 1 or more personal size pizzas.  The domestic versions can hold 16-inch wide platters and could also be multi-layered.  A rectangular flat oven made from steel with an elevated body that is raised by 4 legs to waist level is the next size of gas pizza ovens that can bake at least 2 pies at a time.  The commercial versions can fit wider sizes and have more layers.  If you are serious about your pizza passion, these pizza ovens are the way to go.  Their durable steel frame and robust hinges can withstand years of abuse and still continue to perform like new.

Choose Wisely
What ever the size or capacity of the gas pizza oven you choose, make sure that it will be sufficient for your needs and fit your budget.  Don’t get the “cute” ones when you’re planning to bake more than a plate size at a time.  Also, don’t buy the table-sized ones if you’re just baking a few platters for the season. As a final word, choose the right one that fits the pizza, the kitchen and the budget.  Happy baking.