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First time I've heard of the Pizza-Porta

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    About as useless, as this other, tit on a boar.
    http://www.carsonrodizio.com/store/grills/carson-kit-by-tomasi

    Baffling, the amount of overpriced, useless, accessories made for one grill.  Funny thing is, people actually buy them.
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Rzeancak
    Rzeancak Posts: 193
    genius 
    A child can ask questions a wise man can't answer!!!
    Canada
    Large @ Small BGE 

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  • B&BKnox
    B&BKnox Posts: 283
    I was given one as a gift.  I have used it twice so far.  What I really like is the air flow.  Once the egg gets in the 400 range you put the cap on the top of the egg and open the vents of the porta, they are on the sides by the door.  This forces the air to flow over the top of the pizza and I noted has reduced cooking time.  We make a fresh homemade crust each week and it came out just perfect with this cooker.  Ours is a thin medium crust and it was crispy on the bottom and fluffy, but done in the center.  The edges had a nice browning and the rest of the top was excellent too.  I don't use smoke wood but charcoal does add a bit of smoke itself and I felt the za had a bit more, just perfect for us, amount of smoke added.  I also think because of the airflow the stone heats up a bit quicker and I can probably drop warm up from 1 hour to 40 minutes.  Would I buy one myself, probably not as I don't make enough Za's to justify.  Do I like it and think it has added value, yes.  Pic below of first za, this cooked in 5 minutes with dome showing 480 during cook.  Simple Italian but very flavorful.



    Be Well

    Knoxville TN
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    edited December 2016
    I hear some of these take cool instagram pictures....
    the instagram product pushing gets so old.... maybe it's just me.

    I'm all for folks using stuff and taking a picture of it but somehow it gets on another level on instagram.
    Seattle, WA
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @Focker I like the "idea" of the Rodizio.  And if it was free for a demo etc I guess.  For me personally I wouldn't use it enough to justify the initial expense not to mention buying all the extra toys to go with it.  But, clearly there's a market for Brazilian style BBQ with the sales they do.  And to be fair the product itself is not chintzy by any means.
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    @SkinnyV Agreed.  I've seen plenty of Picanha spinning with tickling flames on IG.  Looks cool  but, again I can't justify the initial expense.  
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited December 2016
    NPHuskerFL said:
    @Focker I like the "idea" of the Rodizio.  And if it was free for a demo etc I guess.  For me personally I wouldn't use it enough to justify the initial expense not to mention buying all the extra toys to go with it.  But, clearly there's a market for Brazilian style BBQ with the sales they do.  And to be fair the product itself is not chintzy by any means.
    I was looking strictly at function vs price.
    If cooking that style, I would buy two or three traditional flat swords, lay them perpendicular to the hinge, close dome to lay on top of the swords.  Open, flip every few minutes.
    Boom.  Done, and for a fraction of the price.

    I feel for the new eggers coming in, thinking they have to have some of this overpriced useless gadgetry.  Things were a lot simpler not long ago.

    A ceramic grill is now harder than buying and accessorizing an AR. lol


    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    SkinnyV said:
    I hear some of these take cool instagram pictures....
    the instagram product pushing gets so old.... maybe it's just me.

    I'm all for folks using stuff and taking a picture of it but somehow it gets on another level on instagram.
    I wasn't impressed with the two photo galleries.  Maybe one good lookin' pie out of both galleries.  =)
    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,380
    Focker said:
    About as useless, as this other, tit on a boar.
    http://www.carsonrodizio.com/store/grills/carson-kit-by-tomasi

    Baffling, the amount of overpriced, useless, accessories made for one grill.  Funny thing is, people actually buy them.
    As always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

    I personally know a few people that have the Rodizio's (one of them has two Rodizio's) and they absolutely love them.

    But then they're heretics as none of them own an Egg. :)


    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • HofstraJet
    HofstraJet Posts: 1,172
    There are always going to be accessories that some look at and go "c'mon man"!

    Some look at the AR, laugh, and go to Home Depot and buy some small hardware items to raise their grid and make multiple levels.
    Two Large Eggs, 6 gal Cajun Fryer, and a MiniMax in Charlotte, NC - My New Table
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  • NPHuskerFL
    NPHuskerFL Posts: 17,629
    ^^^Very true @HofstraJet
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
    Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
    Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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