What You Need to Know
Coal-fired pizza is a pizza style in the United States. New York–style pizza and New Haven–style pizza are often cooked in coal-fired pizza ovens. A coal-fired oven can reach 900 °F (482 °C) and cooks a pie in two to five minutes.
Key Parameters
Equipment
Coal scuttleAsh rakeInfrared thermometerPizza peel with brass bristles
Steps
- 1.
New Haven White Clam Pizza (Connecticut, USA): Coal's intense dry heat cooks clams perfectly while crisping the no-tomato base
- 2.
Margherita DOC (Naples, Italy (coal-adapted version)): Achieves leopard-spotted crust impossible in wood ovens
- 3.
Lahmacun (Turkey): Coal's radiant heat cooks the thin dough and spiced lamb simultaneously
The Science
Primary Reaction
Maillard Reaction