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Pizza Oven Temperature and Cook Time Chart: The Sourced Reference
The two documents that formally define Neapolitan pizza state the floor and dome temperatures in opposite order. The AVPN puts the cooking surface at 380 to 430°C and the dome at 485°C. The EU regulation puts the floor at 485°C and the dome at 430°C. Below: the full temperature and cook-time chart by style with every figure attributed, plus why your infrared thermometer and your oven's gauge will never agree.
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What It Actually Costs to Run a Pizza Oven: The Real Math, Fuel by Fuel
The fuel in a homemade pizza costs between 1.7 cents and 10.6 cents. We derived that from manufacturer-published burner ratings and wattages, US Energy Information Administration energy prices, and arithmetic we show in full so you can check it. Includes cost per hour, cost per million BTU, and a break-even table for whether a cheaper-to-run oven ever repays a higher sticker price. Spoiler: almost never.
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Pizza Oven Price Index: The Oven Barely Moves, the Accessories Never Stop
We tracked the price of 134 pizza ovens, accessories, and dough tools every day for 16 days through the official Amazon Product Advertising API. Gas and multi-fuel ovens changed price 10.3% of the time. Baking stones and steels changed 0.0% of the time. Thermometers and scales changed 75.0% of the time. The advice that follows is the opposite of what you have been told: do not wait for a deal on the oven, time the accessories.
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