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    Fired up my portable pizza oven in the driveway tonight and made the neighbors jealous :-)
    Here is the link for some pics if you want to see. I made a set called Pizza.
    Flickr: telehort's Photostream

  • #2
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    Was that a portable in the driveway?
    Sharing life's positives and loving the slow food lane

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    • #3
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      yes it is.
      While not in my driveway, here is a pic of the oven

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      • #4
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        That is some of the best looking pizza I have seen on the site. Can you post the dough recipe, processes and floor temps. I am still experimenting with flours, starters, temps to try and arrive at the place you seem to be.

        Thanks,
        Jim

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        • #5
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          thanks Jim for the kind words.
          As far as the dough recipe I am currently using Reinharts Neo-Neoploitan recipe from his American Pie book. My deck temps run about 850 or so when cooking. I am using Guistos Peak Performer flour and have had good luck with that for both my dough and breads.

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          • #6
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            Wow...those are some great looking pizzas! Drooled all over my keyboard.
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            "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford

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            • #7
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              Thanks!
              One more question. What are you using on your peel (semolina, rice flour, corn meal . . .)?

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              • #8
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                Jim - I use wooden peels to load pizzas in the oven, I have used both semolina and rice flour over the past and like both, but have been using rice flour a bit more lately.

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                • #9
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                  Thanks again, very helpful.

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                  • #10
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                    telehort,
                    I am intrigued by the oven on a trailor (thinking about doing the same over here). What prevents the whole thing cracking when the trailor goes over bumps? or do you just drive very slowly!

                    Simon

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                    • #11
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                      Simon,
                      I had thoughts about the oven cracking as well while I was thinking about getting it. I can tell you that I haven't seen any sign of cracking yet, and I have put about 200 miles on the trailer since I have had it. I did opt for the double axel which added weight, but I beleive helps with a smoother ride. I also do drive a it more careful when pulling it, partly because it weights about 3800 pounds, but also because I try to be as careful as I can when going down the road. The worst wear I have seen is that a couple times a small amount of mortar has fallen from inside the oven and is on the floor when I get somewhere and take the door off, but this hasn't caused me any concern and may be something that once a year or so I may need to do a bit of patchwork.

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                      • #12
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                        I'm going to build on a trailer as well, and I don't think the over bumps part will be a nerve wracking as the forces of hard braking. A dome seems more equipped to handle downward forces, even shock, than it does side forces.

                        How are you guys going to prevent the whole mess from sliding?

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                        • #13
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                          I was thinking sticky tape!
                          I hadn't thought that far yet, just a vague idea that it might go down well at local fairs etc. I guess the first course would have to be mortared to the base unlike the normal plans? Maybe a cast dome bolted to the trailer?

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                          • #14
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                            Did something a little different tonight, my kids planned on having 11 of thier friends over so I thought I would take advantage of firing the oven up and on Wednesday I put some fliers offering pizzas to my neighbors for $10 each. I actually ended up selling 19 pizzas to the neighbors and then after getting those done I moved on to 25 personal pizzas and let each of the kids a make thier own. They were eating pizzas as fast as I could get them out of the oven. The neighbors thought it was the greast thing ever and have asked me to do it again next week.

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