Cooking outdoor has been part of human life since the early years if the world. From the caveman who discovered fire to today's sophisticated backyard kitchen, outdoor cooking has evolved into a culinary art form. Today, the hottest trend in backyard or outdoor cooking is the outdoor pizza oven.
Americans have always loved cooking outdoors. Backyard cooking provides extra space for outdoor activities and barbeque parties become part of this culture. Now, the food that has been part of every day life of every American - pizza, can now be cooked outside and enjoyed outside. The taste, smell and warmth of an indoor pizza can now be achieved even in your backyard, patio or deck.
These outdoor pizza ovens and pizza grills are not much different form ordinary oven; it still includes a heated chamber, but their big difference their heat source.
Baking is still an outdoor activity for many cultures around the world. They use wood instead of electricity or petroleum fuel. Placing an oven inside the house is not that easy, it requires good ventilation, bigger space, and generates too much heat. That is why they choose to place their ovens outside not just because it is convenient, but it has also been part of communal activity for many families.
Pizza lovers, especially in America, prefer eating pizza in restaurants that use wood fired ovens. These unique ovens results to the boost of pizza chains and individual pizza restaurants in America. Though this type of oven takes almost an hour to reach the required temperature, it cooks pizza and other baked dishes very quickly, usually in a matter of minutes.
Though there is a variety of design for wood-fired ovens, there are just two basic configurations of it, the black and the white oven. A black oven uses wood as a form of fuel and shares the baking chamber with the food. Whether the heat source is removed before baking or remains in the baking chamber, it is still considered a black oven.
A white oven however, depends on a dual chamber design. The fuel is fired through combustion chamber and vents off, without coming in contact with the food inside. The baking chamber is free of ash and smoke. This is like a common oven we have in our kitchen.
The option available to homeowners increase as the trend of cooking pizza outdoor grows. Various oven manufacturers offer a variety of products, including century-old designs. Because of this unique oven, outdoor cooking will never be the same, whether you choose a brick and mortar design or you can also opt for the newer models that are made out of self-contained stainless steel. For people who want to personalize their ovens, there are plans available for construction of traditional outdoor ovens.
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