Ooni Karu 12


 
I concur with @GrantT
I have the old uuni 3 with the gasburner and it works a dream. Turn it on high and in less than 15 minutes the stone is hot enough to cook on. I turn every 20 seconds or so.
My reason for gettimg the gas burner (besides convenience) is that I cant get proper pellets (uuni 3 came with pellet burner).

Recently I have made made something approaching turkish bread in it with good results (my oven gave up the ghost)
 
Ed P said:
How does it compare to the Big Horn?
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Hey Ed, I never answered this. There is no comparison. I cooked six great pizzas on the Ooni. I sent massive smoke signals to the neighbors with the Big Horn.

The Big Horn uses Pellets and keeping the fire going was a pain. It belched smoke or was an inferno coming out the chimney. Temp took a while to get over 650. I decided to return it.

The Ooni Karu 12 can use pellets, but from what I read and vid's I watched a mix of lump and hardwood was the way to go. I lit JD lump in the Ooni with my weed burner. Maybe 2 mins, then I just let the coals get hot. Maybe a 5 mins then I closed the rear cover. It never "smoked". There was some smoke coming out the chimney, but not billowing belching white smoke.

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GrantT said:
When I had my UUNI (Ooni) Pro, once I went gas burner I never looked back to using wood/pellets.
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Anne M. said:
I concur with @GrantT
I have the old uuni 3 with the gasburner and it works a dream. Turn it on high and in less than 15 minutes the stone is hot enough to cook on. I turn every 20 seconds or so.
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Which burner do you have?

They make a new style gas burner for the Karu 12, and the original for the uuni 3 which is listed as compatable with the Karu 12.

I've been reading reviews of both and will likely get one. Need to decide which one.

If I factor the time spent to split a couple of small pieces of oak into hot dog sized mini splits, that adds another 15 mins to the prep.
 
Part of my reason for going gas as well is that where I live, hardwood is not very local/native. We have lots of spruce, poplar etc, which is great for a campfire, but not cooking. If I had a cheap/easy source of hardwood, it may have been a factor is staying with wood over gas.
 
I got one os the older ones, for the uuni 3.
I bought it in the Netherlands, but I had to get it from Germany as at that time, they only had approval for sale in UK and Germany (with the UK using a total different gas connsction and pressure).
Then exported both uuni & burner by putting the whole thing in my suitcase.
I fhink I changed the regulator.
The thing is like a real flame thrower!
 
Brett-EDH said:
20 $20 pies

Or 40 $10 pies

Neither are a lot for a family. IIRC a decent homemade pie runs around $1 for Italian flour, sauce and toppings, for a 10 incher, or so.
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And for my family of 7-8, a big name pizza chain runs almost $70 for a night, or my preferred cost and taste is Papa Murpheys at about 30.

A pizza oven or insert for the kettle are certainly on the list for me🤣
 
I easily got my money's worth :)
Mine's on the counter top. Easily accessible
There is just one big issue: once you get in the habit of making your own dough & pizza, it's very difficult to buy one from any of the chains and be satisfied :)
 
Pizzaiolos pie

4 cheese pizza with mushrooms sautéed in garlic infused EVOO

Fresh mozzarella
Whole milk mozzarella
Fontina
Montrachet

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A minute or so later a little prosciutto on top.

Just a few seconds to finish the za without burning the prosciutto.

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A dusting of Pecorino Romano is cheese #5

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Yum

Edit: the bites that pickup the goat cheese are amazing. Next time I need to use a bit more. The tang with the crispy crust, mushrooms and salty bite of prosciutto is amazing.
 
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DanHoo said:
Pizzaiolos pie

4 cheese pizza with mushrooms sautéed in garlic infused EVOO

Fresh mozzarella
Whole milk mozzarella
Fontina
Montrachet

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A minute or so later a little prosciutto on top.

Just a few seconds to finish the za without burning the prosciutto.

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A dusting of Pecorino Romano is cheese #5

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Yum

Edit: the bites that pickup the goat cheese are amazing. Next time I need to use a bit more. The tang with the crispy crust, mushrooms and salty bite of prosciutto is amazing.
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Clearly I guessed wrong. But that pizza looks real good.
 
For me.... It would be about getting better product than I could get by ordering pizza to be delivered. On the other hand, it's not a spur of the moment decision to make pizzas as it is to just order pizzas when you're too tired to do anything else. You got a plan out that you're going to have a pizza night. I worked in a pizza place in high school...im disapointed by most today near me, and all that deliver to my house. I could make some awesome pizza with the right ingredients. The sauce is supercritical. There are spices that tickle me nose somehow.... It can't be just any old generic sauce. I would need to come up with the best sauce for me first.
 
Re sauce. Far be it from me because I am a home made guy all the way. But I have stumbled into this stuff https://www.raos.com/products/marinara-sauce at both Sam's and Costco at fantastic pricing. I gotta say for a "quickie" when you need some Marinara the stuff is AMAZING! The recipe is different than how I learned from my mother and my grandmother, but different does not mean "not good". I keep a jar in the house or two. For just those times when I need a dollop of "something". Even to the point of "doctoring" it up when I need a quick dinner for wife and I and a little ravioli and meatballs sounds just right. Highly recommended from a "real" "Dego"
 
LMichaels said:
Re sauce. Far be it from me because I am a home made guy all the way. But I have stumbled into this stuff https://www.raos.com/products/marinara-sauce at both Sam's and Costco at fantastic pricing. I gotta say for a "quickie" when you need some Marinara the stuff is AMAZING! The recipe is different than how I learned from my mother and my grandmother, but different does not mean "not good". I keep a jar in the house or two. For just those times when I need a dollop of "something". Even to the point of "doctoring" it up when I need a quick dinner for wife and I and a little ravioli and meatballs sounds just right. Highly recommended from a "real" "Dego"
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Thanks for the recco on the marinara.

Have you shared your home made marinara recipe? I like to make my own and am always trying to improve.
 
DanHoo said:
Thanks for the recco on the marinara.

Have you shared your home made marinara recipe? I like to make my own and am always trying to improve.
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I'm like a typical Italian Nona. No real recipe for anything. I simply make it smell and taste right LOL. I have never measured or anything. Kinda like how I play music. I can't read music. I just "play"
 
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