Sous Vide with Ooni Sear and Pizza #theoysterbed

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Flat Iron Steak. Searing with the sausage was a mistake.
Fat in sausage drown out the steak juice.
1st seared steak was fantastic though.
Ooni worked great for searing.
still not at a happy spot with the pizza but the propane adapter was much easier.
My dough still needs work. Or maybe I just don’t know exactly what I’m looking for.
Thanks for looking

pgprescott

Looks awesome! 

What’s with the area where there is often a stack? When I look online that model is not shown with the round port. Looks like you can add a stack of wanted? Is this a new model? TIA. 

HeavyG

It does have a chimney but since he was using the gas burner instead of a wood fire it was not necessary.

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pgprescott said:

Looks awesome! 

What’s with the area where there is often a stack? When I look online that model is not shown with the round port. Looks like you can add a stack of wanted? Is this a new model? TIA. 

Like @h@HeavyG said,
No stack needed when using propane.
Above photo was last week cooking with wood.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Nice looking pies and meat D. Looks like you are getting the hang of that oven. 

I agree with you on the sausage. When you cook it that hot, it’s going to burst the casing and all the good stuff is going to end up on the plate. 

Griffin

Pizzas are looking good. So are you enjoying your new toy or still mad about build quality?

lkapigian

Great looking pies !

paqman

I want another pizza oven!  I purchased a pizzacraft pronto oven last summer and I’m hooked but the Roccbox and Ooni are looking great.  To get that kind of char on the pizzacraft, I need to finish with a butane torch.

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Griffin said:

Pizzas are looking good. So are you enjoying your new toy or still mad about build quality?

You have to think about the build quality on these little Ooni ovens like the Blackstone Griddle. You get what you pay for. I think it's a great little travel oven. If you plan on cooking pizza on a regular basis I would look at other options. My complaint with Ooni was their lack of owning the problem.
First they said the gap was something they have never seen before and then changed their story to it's normal, don't worry about it, it won't stop you from cooking. After 2 cooks the gap is now almost doubled in size. They said they would swap the body in March. Time will tell.
The propane adapter does not mate up very well either. But it does work.
For the Kick Started price, even if it goes in the trash, I'm not out that much money.
I honestly like it better for searing than I do as a pizza oven.lol
I see a real pizza oven in my future.

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The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Nice looking pies and meat D. Looks like you are getting the hang of that oven. 

I agree with you on the sausage. When you cook it that hot, it’s going to burst the casing and all the good stuff is going to end up on the plate. 

I had hoped to put enough heat on it to crisp the casing before it heated the sausage enough to render that much fat. Live and learn.
Can't wait to try some shrimp and oysters.

caliking

Looks like you're having fun with that.  What temps did you run it at?

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caliking said:

Looks like you're having fun with that.  What temps did you run it at?

The Fluke IR was giving me about 800-830 in the center of the stone. Then I would turn the flame down just before I launched the pizza.
Running the propane with the chimney capped and the front door off made it cook completely different than running with wood, chimney in place and front on as they recommend. Cooking with wood I was burning the bottom  before the topping had cooked and charred up. Running with propane was the opposite. Harder to get the crust cooked before the toppings and edges burnt. I also used a higher hydration this time and the pies were easier to stretch. Cooking on this just makes me want a larger, more traditional pizza oven.

Canugghead

You're on a fun ride! It is a juggling act ... more frequent rotating helps with burning edges, dome (lift) the pie if bottom is charring too fast, shield the top with peel if top is browning too fast. No pellet option? I kid, you don't want to go there, I had an early ooni 2s and hated it.

SmallBBQr

What dough recipe and hydration are you using?  I find 70% works well in my Ooni Pro...




It does a nice chicken too...

Plutonium

SmallBBQr said:

What dough recipe and hydration are you using?  I find 70% works well in my Ooni Pro...

I’m running ~65% hydration in my dough in my ooni 3. Working very well.