Practical guides for making better wood-fired pizza — covering dough technique, managing oven temperature, choosing the right wood, and solving common problems like sticking dough or a burnt base.
A complete step-by-step guide to building a wood-fired brick pizza oven in the UK – materials, dimensions, dome construction, curing, and first cook.
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Pizza ovens can do a lot more than pizza. A guide to cooking bread, chicken, steak, fish, vegetables, and desserts in a wood-fired or gas pizza oven – with temperatures and cook times.
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What temperature should a pizza oven be? This guide covers the right temperature for Neapolitan pizza, how different ovens compare, how to measure correctly, and how to fix common problems.
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Last updated: August 2026. This post contains affiliate links — if you buy through them I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure. We’ve cleaned our ovens after heavy use and after periods of neglect. This guide covers the approach we use and, just as importantly, what we’ve learned not
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Last updated: August 2026. This post contains affiliate links — if you buy through them I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure. We use this calculator for every batch we make. The ratios are based on the dough we make week in, week out – not theoretical formulas from
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Last updated: August 2026. This post contains affiliate links — if you buy through them I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure. We cook steak in the pizza oven regularly – it’s become one of our favourite uses for the oven after a pizza session. This guide covers the
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Do you need to season a pizza stone? The truth about pizza stone care, what actually helps performance, and how to clean and maintain your stone properly.
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How to make pizza dough without yeast. A quick no-yeast pizza base using baking powder that is ready in 20 minutes – ideal when you have no time for a yeast dough.
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How to store pizza dough in the fridge or freezer. How long it lasts, how to freeze dough balls, and how to bring stored dough back to room temperature before use.
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Which flour to use for pizza dough. Italian 00 flour vs strong bread flour, when to use each, and what the actual difference is in the finished pizza.
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