Cooking Pizza Over a Solo Stove with the Pi Fire Pizza Oven

Solo Stove Pi Fire Review

With the Bonfire size fire pit in place, my primary test would be a weeknight pizza party (high stakes!). Though I usually like to make my own dough, time constraints and a pressing deadline led me to my neighborhood pizza shop, which was happy to sell me a couple of portions of their fresh dough. (A highly recommended move for fellow desk jockeys.)

Before prepping the toppings, I lit a generous fire to get the stone inside Pi Fire nice and hot. Using a laser thermometer made it easy to get a quick read of the stone’s temperature and maintain a target temp of 650ºF—a hot cooking surface makes for a swift and happy rise in the pizza crust! At this temp, I found the Pi Fire only took 7-8 minutes to bake a pizza.

And, thanks to the efficient design of the Solo’s fire pits, ample airflow made feeding the fire to maintain the target temperature easy and without constant log-turning. And smoke-free, too.

With minimal dough-stretching mishaps, I successfully chef’d up four Instagram Story-worthy pepperoni and plain cheese pies on my first go with the Pi Fire, all in the comfort of the concrete and fence-lined oasis of my little PHL backyard. Before you begin your wood-fired pizza journey, I’d like to pass on some learnings I’d pass to a budding pizzaiolo.

Source: https://www.fieldmag.com/articles/solo-stove-pi-fire-pizza-oven-review