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Post by slowfood on May 22, 2012 6:32:47 GMT
I was watching the excellent "Pizza Pilgrims" Videos on you tube last night and noticed thier oven is gas fired, (Much easier for the red tape brigade I persume).
Anyway I think they built thier own oven so I was thinking, How would one go about installing a gas burner in an oven which could still be fired with wood as well? Any ideas, thank you
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Post by slowfood on May 22, 2012 6:51:41 GMT
Here is a photo of the Pizza Pilgrims Oven interior Attachments:
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Post by cec on May 22, 2012 7:26:26 GMT
You would need a big burner to get the heat up and to stay up , I used a double burner to help dry my oven out , it's a direct pressure burner ( 100 psi ) very powerfull and that got it warm but that was about it . I had it on for a few hours and you could still put your hand in the oven .
The only one I could think of that would maybe do is a tar burner , it's just a big ring with lots of holes round .
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Post by tonyb on May 22, 2012 7:27:15 GMT
I think some of the design issues are: whether the burner is fixed or moveable, isolating flexible/combustible parts from the high temperature zones, calculating the heat requirement, ability to isolate the gas supply, multiple or single burner/position. I don't particularly see any insurmountable difficulties, although it does seem to take away from the attraction. Just as charcoal bbqs are seen as the 'real' thin whereas gas bbqs don't have the same attraction for some people (for info I use a gas bbq  ) |
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Post by slowfood on May 22, 2012 9:40:34 GMT
I also use a gas BBQ, I have an uncle who only uses petrol garden tools whereas I only use hand tools or electric. He is allways repairing them or looking for fuel but sees electrical garden tools as the devils work I digress. I can see the benefit of the gas in a commercial street operation like the Pizza Pilgrims personally. Thiers looks very powerful also The oven they use would be very small and lightweight considering the vehicle they have it mounted in. Piaggio Ape....
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Post by Fat Bob on May 22, 2012 9:49:16 GMT
We did the opposite - turned a gas oven into a WFO. Somewhere in the barn must be the burners. Postage could be expensive so it may be easier to find an old gas oven down the tip and change the jets to use bottled gas.
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Post by webbaldo on May 22, 2012 13:02:20 GMT
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Post by littlebritaly on May 28, 2012 15:40:54 GMT
You don't need a tandoori burner, I have fitted a "W" type burner to one of my ovens and it works beautifully. I drilled the jet out to (i think) 2mm. If you're going to fit a gas burner, make sure you also fit a thermocouple (stops the gas flow if the flame goes out). Don't use standard bottled gas, use propane (red bottles in the UK). Don't use anything but Calor, I've used propane for years, other companies gas never seems to burn quite as hot as Calor. Finally, you really ought to get a registered engineer (Gas Safe) to install the whole setup for you, but he/she MUST be qualified to install propane/butane. The best way to locate one is to contact your local caravan dealer. I've found the gas burner very efficient, at least as cheap as wood, easy to light, the temperature is also controllable. I've videos / photos of the oven if anyone is interested. |
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Post by slowfood on Feb 9, 2013 22:23:32 GMT
You don't need a tandoori burner, I have fitted a "W" type burner to one of my ovens and it works beautifully. I drilled the jet out to (i think) 2mm. If you're going to fit a gas burner, make sure you also fit a thermocouple (stops the gas flow if the flame goes out). Don't use standard bottled gas, use propane (red bottles in the UK). Don't use anything but Calor, I've used propane for years, other companies gas never seems to burn quite as hot as Calor. Finally, you really ought to get a registered engineer (Gas Safe) to install the whole setup for you, but he/she MUST be qualified to install propane/butane. The best way to locate one is to contact your local caravan dealer. I've found the gas burner very efficient, at least as cheap as wood, easy to light, the temperature is also controllable. I've videos / photos of the oven if anyone is interested. I'd like to see some photo's if you have them, thanks |
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Post by Fat Bob on Feb 9, 2013 23:22:59 GMT
Gas doesn't quite give the flavour of wood. I have some old books from the 1940s that thought cooking gas with gas was poisonous...
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Post by slowfood on Feb 10, 2013 13:40:08 GMT
Often vendors place one log near the burner to supply the wood smoked effect
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