Duey
Knows what a fatty is.
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- Nov 5, 2017
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- Herscher,IL
Anyone know anything about the Pit Boss Charcoal Pizza Oven? I've only seen them in a store a couple times. Just curious.
For a few more bucks, I'd go Uuni 3.
It has some quirks, but makes excellent pizza.
Is the Uuni 3 $150ish better the the Pit Boss? Don't know anything about either cooker.
I just picked up a Uuni 3 but have not cooked on it yet. What are the quirks and do you have any tips on using it?
What kind of pellets do you use?
Thanks.
Sorry this comes so late.
Fire management is the biggest tip. When first lighting, don't put too many pellets in the hopper. Give them some time to get fully fired up, then I like to fill the hopper maybe 1/3 full little while while it gets up to temp.
The other big thing that we have found is to use a knife to make sure the burning pellets are forward in the cooking chamber and that they aren't plugging the shoot. Every now and then, we basically stick a knife in the pellet hopper and stir it all up and push some forward.
Get a tool to wipe the flour/cornstarch off the pizza stone. It eventually burns and tastes pretty bad. Still haven't found the best tool - pretty much everything we've tried either melts or burns
Other than that, just practice
Thanks for the info. I have used my Uuni since I posted that question and pretty much did what you said about how many pellets to use. I actually probably used less pellets since I never really filled them up to the point that they were up in the shoot and I only added a little bit at a time. I would just check the pellets after each cook and added some if it looked like it needed it. I never had any problems with fire management on that day. Not to say I won't in the future.
It was kind of windy the day I cooked mine so I pointed the rear of the cooker toward the wind and I didn't have any issues with the pellets in the front not burning. I usually had flames coming out the door when I opened it up to turn the pizza and remove it.
I didn't try cleaning the stone while cooking but afterward, I just used a plastic scraper and it pretty much got everything off.