Tyrus Posted 17 hours ago Report Posted 17 hours ago A long cold winter can sometime lead to, too much fishing along the internet. So after looking around I found something that checked the boxes for me and it was a Pizza cooker, an Ooni Pro Karu 2. The name implies in Finnish as in Ooni meanig oven and Karu...rugged and it's about 17 inches wide at the mouth. It is a small enough stout insulated oven with a glass door, still portable and big enough for a vareity of cooks outside the pizza realm. It takes approx 20 mins to reach temp using lump coal or wood chunk splits and adjustable thereafter.The stove comes with a optional gas burner I don't have, but anticipate buying soon enough. I found it useful, limited only in cooks to your imagination. I thought of David in Hong Kong, the roof dweller limited in space and thought how unique something as this might be requring less space but considered as useful tool for him. I actually was intriqued by this oven because it quickly broils your food for finnish beside pizza, and then has many other applications that might require some thought for inspired cooks. Yesterday seeing Remi's cook on the lower grate pushed me to do the same on this cooker with a old Griswold cast iron skillet...the results were perfect. I used uncooked rice, two sausages and and some Carribean spice, nice. No pics but tonights cook featured Spanish Romesco on fish with charred vegetables over a baked potatoe. It originally called for a toasted sliced long stick bread, however I left that at the store. It's quick, doesn't use a ton of fuel, it uses alternative fuels beside gas...and makes a pizza in 90 sec. It won't replace the KK, it has it's limitations....but unlike the KK you can pack it up for a ride if the need arises. Versatilaty, I like it. 1
MacKenzie Posted 2 hours ago Report Posted 2 hours ago I bought the Ooni Volt 2 for indoor kitchen pizza- Works like a charm, doesn't heat up the kitchen either, I thought it would but I guess because it is so well insulated that it very very slowly looses it's heat. 1
Tyrus Posted 1 hour ago Author Report Posted 1 hour ago 34 minutes ago, MacKenzie said: Works like a charm, Who doesn't like pizza. I work around mine and really don't notice the heat, then again it's been always been under 32F so far. Quite the expense I thought for both, then taking in the consideration for the optional gas drive at $100 I'll buy it was on the cusp. I was thinking of the Gozney seriously too, I didn't buy it beacause it wasn't as portable weighing over 100lbs and was only a gas unit. Hey, if you want the outside pleasure Mac, your gonna have to run out a cord or pull out the generator....anyhow best of luck with it.
