Try turning the convection off -- traditional pizza ovens aren't using convection, they're just hot boxes. (I've worked in pizza places in the past)
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 7:55 PM > To: Debbie Deatherage > Cc: [[email protected]] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Home-cooked pizza always hard on edges, underdone in > center > > The length of cooking doesn't seem to be the problem, it's the > evenness. If we up the cooking time so the middle gets done, the outer > crust would end up dry and burned. Somehow, though everything else > cooks perfectly in the oven and it's set to convection bake, pizza just > never works out. > > On Apr 6, 2015, at 8:51 PM, Debbie Deatherage <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Swans used to have a frozen pizza crust for pizzas. I've tried it and > if you cook it according to package directions it seems to work out > pretty well. We haven't made pizza in a wild, but my husband makes > homemade pizza crust. And we bake it in the oven. I would have to check > with him for how long. > > Debbie Deatherage > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Apr 6, 2015, at 8:17 PM, Alex Hall via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi all, > >> A quick question for anyone who knows. We sometimes cook pizza, > either fully homemade, or frozen. No matter what the crust is, though, > the pizza always crisps up on the edges (harder than I'd like) and is > soft, almost underdone, for the majority of the middle. We end up with > outer crust that's hard to chew--it's crunchy, not chewy--and most of > the dough far too soft. We use a pizza stone or stone pan, but it > always comes out the same. Has anyone found anything that helps this? > It's getting quite frustrating, as all of us love pizza but the only > properly cooked ones we can get are pre-made from a restaurant. Thanks > for any suggestions. > >> > >> -- > >> Have a great day, > >> Alex Hall > >> [email protected] > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Cookinginthedark mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
