Pizza Oven Floor Temperature

Pizza oven floor comparison.

Pizza oven floor temperature.

Pizzas flatbreads and sandwiches can be cooked at temperatures of between 575 f 800 f by placing them on the very hot oven floor. After about an hour or one and half keeping the fire burning slowly take a small amount of flour and throw it onto the oven s floor somewhere between the fire and the oven s inside wall or on an available space. The dial on my oven says the maximum temperature is 550 f. But i also know that my oven tends to run hot so i wouldn t be surprised if it got up to 600 f.

As it gets cooler the pizzas will be less puffy and take on a chewier breadier texture like a ciabatta. How to cook pizza on a stone. The floor of your pizza oven will retain a lot of the ovens heat making the base crisp up nice and quick. This is the classic neapolitan style.

The oven fire either. Preheat the oven between 450 and 500 degrees f 250 to 260 degrees c the stone needs heat up while the oven heats. The temperature of the oven will determine what style of pizza comes out. Remember if your oven dome 800 f the oven floor will typically be cooler than that temperature.

When you drop a pizza on the hot base and see it instantly expand and cook in front of your eyes it is really cool. The forno bravo oven uses 18 x18 x2 1 2 true firebrick baking tiles the optimal thickness and material for baking pizza napoletana. A really hot oven will cause the dough to puff rapidly and create a leopard spotted dough with a soft steamed interior. Large thick crusted pizzas might need an oven temperature closer to 400 degrees f 200 degrees c so the crust can cook completely before the toppings burn.

This will not be as intense as the base but enough to cook the top and melt the cheese creating a perfectly cooked pizza with just a hint of that traditional char. If you think about it the size of the oven floor ultimately defines the size of the whole oven. It s easy don t fret. Place a pizza stone on a lower oven rack.

The brand of brick i went with for the oven floor were vitcas fire bricks. The 2 1 2 floor can be fully heated to an 800ºf pizza baking temperature which allows for continuous baking without the floor cooling down. The oven is fully ready for baking. This now brings us to the size of the oven floor.