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The Art And Practice Of Barbequing Using A Wood Fired Outdoor Pizza Oven
The art and practice of and interest in barbequing has continued to rise to a new level in recent years with the revived focus in outdoor cooking. Instead of choosing the traditional briquette grill we are finding much more satisfaction cooking over real wood such as alder, oak, mesquite or whatever hardwood is locally available. For hundreds of years bread has been baked in wood fired ovens made stone, steel or out of masonry and the secret to thick crunchy crust is held therein. It is a well known that wood fired cooking is and always has been the key to many cooking secrets. It is no wonder that every manor or chateau visited in Europe has a wood fired cooking method. The flavor, the smoke, and the heat is unequaled and those of us who love cooking great food continue to search for a way that will take us back to that simplicity and quality .
For years, in the Southwest, a tradition of luscious smoked meats from Carolina pork to Texas beef has been a part of Americana. Could there be a way of merging the essence of smoking with qualities that would allow us to cook bread in the same system? Yes, it is a wood fired pizza oven. Not only can we have the cooking method outdoors on those warm summer evenings, but we can enjoy pizza in a gourmet fashion, the way we like it, with the crust of Italy and flavor that takes us and our guests to an experience of the old country. And when we want to cook our favorite meat we can do it slowly but surely with a thick smoke surrounding it forming itself into a delicious offering for our guests as we work our way through a memorable dinner reminiscent of a night on the Loire River in the midst of France.
The outdoor pizza oven comes in several assorted forms for the very serious follower of old world cooking. The classical Italian wood fired pizza oven is often built into a deck or patio system as a gathering place and conversation piece around which food can be enjoyed in an intimate setting. This system, because of the need for comparatively sophisticated masonry work, can be outrageously expensive and many times the common food lover cannot afford such a system. The alternative choice is a steel, free standing wood fired pizza oven like ours which requires no special masonry work or installment and can be used right from the box.
Choosing old fashioned convection heating, a person simply builds a fire in the firebox and waits for the oven to heat to temperature. All the controls of a wood stove are provided with the unit to control and facilitate the fire so that it lights right away and heats to temperature without any problems and trouble free. After that, once the oven has reached its cooking temperature it can be used to bake meats, bread, pizza and anything imaginable. Our outdoor pizza oven has a method to channel the smoke from the wood to the oven to improve the flavor. Not only does it make real wood cooking attainable to the beginner but it supplies a very appealing addition to your patio or deck when you entertain.
Open-air pizza ovens bring back the enjoyment of the process of cooking with wood. Having your own outdoor pizza oven on a gorgeous summer evening, in your own intimate setting, family or friends, and of course, good food can make a delicious and memorable experience you and your guests will long remember.
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