Category: Cooking

If you are considering building a DIY brick pizza oven in your outdoor kitchen, you will need to use fire bricks in your construction. What Are Fire Bricks? Any brick that can endure repeated heating and cooling at various temperature ranges is referred to as a fire brick. Furthermore, fire bricks must be able to…

Accessories for Wood-Fired Pizza Ovens Without a set of accessories for pizza ovens  and essential tools, no backyard pizza oven or outdoor kitchen is complete. This article outlines the must have accessories that you will need not only to cook pizzas on your outdoor wood fired pizza oven, but to keep safe as well.  When…

What Can You Cook in an Outdoor Pizza Oven? Even if you aren’t a good home chef, you may install a wood fired pizza oven in your yard or garden and enjoy cooking a family favorite next to an open flame. Furthermore, an outdoor pizza oven enhances your entertaining menu options. You can quickly customize…

Cleaning an Outdoor Griddle –  The Easy Steps The best way to clean a griddle is to refrain from using chemicals or cleaning solution and rely on a little elbow grease and water.  Given this, we do want to clean the griddle, but not with soap or any other potentially dangerous chemicals. Chemicals such as…

Grilling vs Smoking: What’s the difference? Free standing or builtin smokers use burning or smoldering material to cook or flavor foods, usually meat, fish, or vegetables. Grilling and smoking differ mainly in terms of heat level and cooking time. Typically, grilling takes place over a high temperature for a short period of time. Whether for…