How to use your OONI KARU 12G - A Beginners Guide to the Karu 12G

[@rubsk1]

Hi Tom I’ve just bought one of these from watching your excellent videos, I’m obviously now a new subscriber and trawling through your videos, I followed your tips and made four top notch pizzas , I just wanted to say thank you, not sure if you read your comments but here goes .

[@TomVoyageuk]

I certainly do read the comments and try to reply to them all too! Thanks so much for the sub and the feedback, its always great to hear from those who have found my videos useful and enjoy the efforts i put in to make them every week! Take care and enjoy yout pizza oven! 👍🏻

[@pricey78]

Awesome, cheers Tom! Got my thermo lazer, right fuel, but never changed position for airflow 👍

[@TomVoyageuk]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching 🍕👍

[@subwaysurfer969]

Love your videos Tom.

[@TomVoyageuk]

Glad you like them, thank you for watching 👍🍕

[@mattseymour8637]

I have the Ooni Karu 12 oven and was wondering what temperature you prefer to cook at to get a good crispy base and overall cook on top but not burning or charring the base?

[@RhysGriffiths-d8v]

Just received my karu 12g as a birthday gift. Looking for a table and wondered where you had yours from?? Many thanks.

[@TomVoyageuk]

Happy belated Birthday! I've got a couple of different ones, a couple from Ooni, a Keter XL and one from Zest. if you check out my other videos i've got reviews on all of them, but if you have any specific questions let me know 👍🍕

[@GuillaumeLGGV]

have you seen that under the oven, there is a plate to be unscrewed, surely to install a turntable soon.

[@TomVoyageuk]

I did notice something 🤔🤔

[@alexanderverschueren1683]

Great video! If you use wood, do you think it's possible to get the ashes out and pack up just 30 minutes after using the oven? Or is the oven still to hot to pack up?

[@robertdillon9230]

Do you leave the back door open when getting the stove to temperature ? Thank you.

[@davidalderton4847]

I get as much timber as I need from my local timber store. They give it away free in about 5 - 6" lengths. Soft and hard wood

[@TomVoyageuk]

Good deal!

[@marklennon3156]

Just recently got a pizza oven for ontop of the gas bbq. First few attempts have been OK though the bottom has been a bit tough. Is that just an issue with the stone not being hot enough?

[@TomVoyageuk]

Hi Mark, it could be the stone and the base isn cooking properly or it could be the dough you are using, try getting the stone hotter next time 👍🍕

[@patiacat1]

Hi, do I need to heat this empty, then let cool to season it ?. Thanks. It’s a 12g

[@TomVoyageuk]

That’s what Ooni recommend, heat on full power for 45 mins then cool as a first season

[@SMonti1985]

Which pizza peel and turning peel do you recommend beside the ooni products?

[@TomVoyageuk]

The best of the best are G.I Metal, but they are expensive. Whatever prank you choose I recommend getting a perforated peel

[@SMonti1985]

@@TomVoyageuk 👍 thank you

[@janetsawyers8703]

Hi Tom Im loving your oak framed cooking area are you able to recommend your your supplier.Moving to a new house and we need a dry area for cooking on our Ooni Kuro 16. Thanks

[@TomVoyageuk]

Thanks! I keep thinking about making a video about my cooking area, but to be honest if i had the chance to re design it id make it different, and larger. I used a local paving company to do the paving slabs then just asked them to bury the timber frame so i could do the rest myself. Having looked back though i think i could have done a better job just doing it all myself.

[@TomVoyageuk]

By the way it isn't oak frame, that would have cost about 4x as much, its douglas fir wood, which is cheaper but will rot faster.

[@mobula5604]

Is it rainproof and can it stay uncovered during summertime or does it need to be covered before each rain shower?

[@TomVoyageuk]

it would probably be ok, but best protect it from the rain with the ooni cover rather than leave it out

[@godlyelf]

Can I ask that you only added one bit of wood to the charcoal and that was enough to heat up in 25 mins?

[@TomVoyageuk]

Thanks for watching, and good question, Usually i will add 2-3 pieces of wood during the heat up time, sometimes a couple of more chunks of charcoal too, all depends on how quickly its burning through, and how hot i want the oven to be!

[@paulwatson5030]

Arriving Monday, all being well! 😁 Any thoughts on seasoning the oven prior to first use? (Quick season using gas - or fully using charcoal/wood?)

[@TomVoyageuk]

ah great! I bet you’re exited! It’s always best to do an initial burn to clear any factory left overs, gas is the easiest way to do this but charcoal and wood willl be fine too. Just needs 30 mins or so and then will be good to cook on

[@paulwatson5030]

@@TomVoyageuk - Yes, very! I'll probably do the initial burn off on gas then - quicker to set up, initially (I've ordered the gas unit with the oven, so should arrive together!). Thanks. I'll let you know how it goes.

[@paulwatson5030]

@@TomVoyageuk - First attempt not too bad - seemed to get to 375c very quickly, then almost the same amount of time to get to 425. Quite a lot of smoke to begin with, but that calmed down a lot after 10 mins. Managed to tear the pizza on launch, but still turned out OK (as per the Insta pic). Cooked to perfection in less than 90 secs! Second one came close to disaster as I notice that the flame had almost disappeared half way through cooking, but threw another bit of wood on and wafted it a bit and it came out fine after about 3 mins! Practice makes perfect, they say! So far, VERY impressed - and thanks for all your helpful videos too!

[@AquilaSierra]

Thanks for the video! Would this be suitable for regular use? -ie. Adding it to my festival catering? If so, how much does it cost to keep the oven hot enough for 4 hours? Cheers!

[@TomVoyageuk]

its difficult to say in terms of how it would be for catering, but from what i remember using this oven on gas consumes 0.34kg gas for 1 hour, so 4 hours would be 1.4ish kg of Gas. So your standard 11Kg gas bottle would last about 32 hours give or take.

[@jayt5970]

Hi just bought this giving it a empty run as advertised by Ooni . But I have noticed the handle on the back hatch is very wobbly is this normal?

[@TomVoyageuk]

The handle shouldn’t be wobbly, it need to be solid as it could risk burning you if it’s loose, as the fuel hatch gets extremely hot! Reach out to Ooni customer service they’ll help you out 😉

[@stevetillman6921]

I burnt my first attempts, but still had raw dough in the middle. Need to regulate heat better. However charcoal and wood is so much better than gas.

[@TomVoyageuk]

It can take a few attempts to get it right, but it's a tasty thing to have to practice!

[@wassimremache1964]

Can the karu 12g cook 100 pizzas per day ?😅{commercial use}

[@TomVoyageuk]

For this amount I would probably try to go for the bigger of the Karu ovens, and get two to work simultaneously

[@gadbaddas1]

Karu 12 G is designed for youtubers to show live pizza making .

[@TomVoyageuk]

Not just KZbinrs tho?

[@bryanramey2438]

Gas and water on the weekdays, wood and old fashions on the weekends.

[@TomVoyageuk]

Great methodology!