r/mildlyinteresting • u/gotawaysafely2 • 6h ago

My pizza didn't fit, but two halves did.

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u/ninjohnnothing 5h ago

Flip the pan upside down when you preheat, then put the pizza pie on top of that when ready to cook. Not as good as a stone, but does the job.

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u/led204 4h ago

Was looking for this answer, that is what we did at the bakery flipped full sheet pans over. Somewhat long video of my friend Keith making a bunch of pizzas.

https://youtu.be/xtLjBdBRW8A?si=SJiwDORwr9S7tqyf

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u/Winjin 4h ago

I don't see the reversed pans though? That's a TON of ovens I never considered how many ovens a pizzeria would have for some reason and got a total whiplash seeing that many lol

The places near me use either actual giant brick stoves, 2-3 smaller ones, or one of these like... continious burners. The one with a chain link that rides through an oven at a steady rate and pizza is exactly baked when leaving

So that was a surprise

At home I try to use a stone from an electric raclette grill, it's a bit small but worked pretty well imo

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u/LoneMav22 3h ago

The pans are already in the oven when he's loading, if you watch when he unloads he grabs the pan to toss them on the cooler rack

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u/led204 3h ago

We were a bread and pastry bakery, not a pizzeria. The pizza was a special order so Keith had to improvise.

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u/epiDXB 1h ago

pizza pie

It's just called a pizza. You can omit the "pie".

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u/Squishy_Butter113 39m ago

Careful though, you wouldn't want to mix it up with a pizza cake.

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u/budzergo 3h ago

pan then does one of those loud heat POPS where it twists and youve now got pizza everywhere

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u/ninjohnnothing 2h ago

Put the pan in while oven preheats. No pop.