Roccbox pizza oven

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Oscarmac

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Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Anyone else seen these. I've signed up to the pre-order (no money has been sent yet).

It looks like an interesting concept. We have been thinking about a pizza oven for a while but also think we may move house should the opportunity arise so being portable is an

added benefit.

http://www.roccbox.com

Edited by Oscarmac on Tuesday 8th December 12:04

HarryFlatters

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212 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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That's... that's actually brilliant eek

dazco

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189 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Oh my word biggrin

sidekickdmr

5,075 posts

206 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Just "pre-ordered" one

Looks like a great piece of kit but there is already something very similar on the market but can’t recall the name.

21TonyK

11,522 posts

209 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Nice looking bit of kit. Wonder how long it takes to get up to temp from the fire box?

I have a sneaking suspicion it would be a lot of effort for a pizza. Which is fine if its part of the event, like a BBQ.

Oscarmac

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Tuesday 8th December 2015
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21TonyK said:
Nice looking bit of kit. Wonder how long it takes to get up to temp from the fire box?

I have a sneaking suspicion it would be a lot of effort for a pizza. Which is fine if its part of the event, like a BBQ.
Website says 15 mins depending on ambient temp and type of fuel being used. Obviously those are some pretty wide variables but it takes 15 mins at least to get my Napoleon gas BBQ up to temp for pizza.

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lambysdad

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239 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Looks very nice...bit pricey for me though!
I would have thought around £150 tops.

The jiffle king

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258 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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We have a chadwick oven which is not quite the same, but produces amazing pizza's. Well it did when we had a gas hob but now we have electric, it clearly does not smile

tuffer

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267 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Looks good but at that price I would stretch to a BGE as far more flexible.

HotJambalaya

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180 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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christ, I want to get a place with a garden just to indulge in stuff like this...

I wonder how variable the heat is, 500 degrees might be great to do a pizza in 90 seconds, but how do you do a roast?

dazco

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Tuesday 8th December 2015
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tuffer said:
Looks good but at that price I would stretch to a BGE as far more flexible.
You would be stretching quite a way

tuffer

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Tuesday 8th December 2015
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dazco said:
tuffer said:
Looks good but at that price I would stretch to a BGE as far more flexible.
You would be stretching quite a way
Agreed, but you would not need to buy a separate BBQ and you could leave it outside all year.

Oscarmac

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Tuesday 8th December 2015
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tuffer said:
Agreed, but you would not need to buy a separate BBQ and you could leave it outside all year.
I think most people in the market for one of these will already own a BBQ of some sort. I would probably swap my gas BBQ and ProQ Smoker for a BGE if I had seen it first but I've got them.

What I think makes this a bit different is that it's a Pizza oven that is WOOD FIRED, PORTABLE and quick.

If the temp achievable by the wood firing is acceptable then the flavour this will impart to the pizza gives it an edge over the BGE. The fact that it can be run on gas is just a bonus

Vyse

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124 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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How many inches can it take?

Muskythedog

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113 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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I have a small wood fired pizza oven that I reckon is maybe around double the size of this that I can now get up to decent (500+ degrees) normally in about 25 mins so the 15 minutes on the website could be about right. At these sore of temperatures 90 seconds is about right for a pizza.

Bill

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255 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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I'd love one for camping, but it's a bit steep.

Russ T Bolt

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283 months

Wednesday 9th December 2015
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sidekickdmr said:
Just "pre-ordered" one

Looks like a great piece of kit but there is already something very similar on the market but can’t recall the name.
This one ?

http://uk.uuni.net

Andy888

706 posts

193 months

Thursday 10th December 2015
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Is it just me or does the 90 second pizza look a bit charred?!!

http://www.roccbox.com/product/

anonymous-user

54 months

Thursday 10th December 2015
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Andy888 said:
Is it just me or does the 90 second pizza look a bit charred?!!

http://www.roccbox.com/product/
Looks great

Just do it for 75 seconds if you don't like the char.

dazco

4,280 posts

189 months

Thursday 10th December 2015
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Andy888 said:
Is it just me or does the 90 second pizza look a bit charred?!!

http://www.roccbox.com/product/
It is charred, just as it should be biggrinbiggrin