Pizza is a true passion for Italians. One they can hardly give up. There are many who put themselves to the test in their home kitchen by experimenting with new doughs or relying on family recipes perfected over the years.

However, in order to make tasty and fragrant pizzas, like the ones you eat in a restaurant, it is necessary to have a home pizza oven that is capable of reaching high temperatures that range around 450°- 500° C.

The reason being is that the pizza dough needs the so-called “heat blast” so as to swell and cook perfectly in just a few minutes.

There are numerous home pizza ovens on the market with different features: they can be portable, light and not too bulky, fueled by wood or gas, capable of cooking one or more pizzas at the same time.

Since there are so many options available, it’s important to find the solution that best suits your needs.

Let’s then discover what features to look for and take into account when choosing the best pizza oven for your home. In this article, we will see:

How to choose a pizza oven

• Design
• Size
• Type of fuel

The best oven for making pizzas

• Easy to install
• Efficient
• Safe to use
• Equipped with custom accessories

How much a home pizza oven costs

How to choose a pizza oven

As the warm season arrives, outdoor spaces begin to be taken care of. Perhaps by setting up an area dedicated to the outdoor kitchen to be used to comfortably organize dinners with family and friends.

It goes without saying that choosing a good oven is essential in order to create a wide variety of recipes with excellent results, based on the flair and needs of the moment.

But before starting your search for a home pizza oven you need to establish what your needs are in terms of space and habits in the kitchen.

Well then, how do we go about choosing a pizza oven? 3 elements need to be taken into consideration:

• Design - When you are about to buy a new oven for garden pizzas, it is important to choose a style that is capable of integrating with the other furnishings already present outdoors.
• Size - Once you have identified your style, it is essential to understand how many pizzas you need to cook, so that you can choose the oven with the most suitable size for your needs.
  In fact, the ideal model is one that manages to combine the right size of the cooking chamber and the available space.
• Type of fuel - When one thinks of a home pizza oven, the first model that comes to mind is undoubtedly the traditional wood-burning oven. However, this is not the only solution on the market.

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Spicy grilled salmon fillets – a fresh, spicy marinade adds flavor and taste to a salmon dinner! This quick and easy grilled salmon dinner will inspire you to fire up the grill this summer.

Ingredients:

• 2 Tablespoons oil
• 1 lime
• 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 Tablespoons hot sauce
• 1 Tablespoon honey
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 inch piece ginger
• 1 ½ pounds salmon fillets
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Juice the lime.

1 lime

Mince the garlic and grate the ginger.

1 clove garlic,1 inch piece ginger

In a small bowl, combine the oil, juice of one lime, soy sauce, hot sauce, honey, minced garlic and grated ginger.

2 Tablespoons oil,2 Tablespoons soy sauce,2 Tablespoons hot sauce,1 Tablespoon honey

Put the salmon fillets in a flat dish and pour the marinade over the top. Make sure the fillets are skin side up so the marinade can soak in.

1 ½ pounds salmon fillets

Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 8 hours.

Sprinkle the fillets with salt and pepper if desired.

Salt and pepper to taste

Grill the salmon on a grill set on low. Put the salmon skin side down if you aren’t using a grill basket for the fish. Cook for about 10 minutes, flipping after 7 minutes.

The salmon is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 140 degrees F or flakes easily with a fork.

Let the fish rest for about 5 minutes before serving.

Image and recipe: upstateramblings.com

1. Authentic HeatKeeper® Firebrick

Produced at the Alfa plant in Italy, the Heat Keeper™ firebrick absorbs and stores heat far better than lava stone or ceramic used in other pizza ovens.

Thanks to the HeatKeeper™ refractory firebrick, the cooking floor of the Alfa ovens quickly cooks your pizzas making them crisp and moist at precisely the right temperature.

2. DoubleDown Ceramic Superwool® Insulation

This ceramic fibre offers twice as much heat resistance as rock wool usually used in home pizza ovens.

The DoubleDown Ceramic Superwool® guarantees excellent temperature retention during cooking, prevents the side surfaces from overheating and allows you to consistently bake perfect pizzas.

3. Patented Full Effect Full Circulation Flue System®

This system optimizes the circulation of hot air inside the cooking chamber so as to heat the refractory brick even more and cook the pizza better.

The “around and down” heat means that the oven consistently maintains the right temperature allowing to cook both the base and the pizza sauces optimally.

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