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> I've been using an Ooni pizza oven (gas) weekly

Which version of it do you own? Have you found it useful for anything else? They seem to advertise cooking steak on it... Which I am skeptical of compared to a pan.

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Never used my Ooni Koda 16 for any other food besides other bread products like Pita or whatever. It's been fun, but real issue w/ pizza when dealing with friends is trying to get them to put only a little bit of stuff.

Load it up with 10 wet items and you get soggy pizza no matter what the oven temp is.

I run into same problem! Any ideas on how to overcome the sogginess?

Dry the ingredients and cool it out of the oven for 2-3 minutes on a rack. From the article.

Edit-otherwise experiment with baking the crust first.

You need lower temp (600F) and longer time if you’re using a lot of ingredients.

Don't overload with toppings and try to parcook stuff that's high on water. For example, mushrooms should never go on a pizza fresh, they should be reduced on a dry skillet (and optionally seasoned).

Remove the 10 wet items?

I have the Ooni Koda 16. I’ll sear a steak on it occasionally in a cast iron pan. I heat the pan in the oven and then pull it out and sear while on a trivet. I find putting the pan in the oven while cooking isn’t needed.

The pan will hit more than 1,000° so it will sear off the seasoning as well. So you’ll need to reseason it afterwards. That is why I don’t do it often.

I have a Gozney Roccbox, and I have found it useful for: Pizza, Naan Bread, and Pita so far. I haven't tried much else.

The ovens here in Brazil don't hold heat on the top, so I use our roccbox to broil cauliflower and broccoli in a cast iron pan, and when I make a pan pizza, or Mac and cheese, to finish broil the top. It's lovely to have a tool that can do this.

That's pretty neat! I may hav to try that sometime.

You can do wings and flat breads. You can also pop things in while the oven cools down after making pizzas.

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