Wannabe Chefs or just those that like cooking/grilling

[yfz450]

I have a large family room in our basement that I just finished up. We use that for cook-outs, parties, holidays and special occasions. It's approximately 525 square foot, has 7 person L-shaped bar, TV, Wii, projector, etc. I'm thinking about turning the adjacent room into a kitchen / cooking area.

Most of my cooking is outside between the smoker, charcoal BBQ pit, brick pizza oven, propane grill and even a camp-style propane oven. I prefer cooking outside whenever possible, but this is Michigan.

What I'm looking for input on is appliances. Anyone know of any good indoor grills, methods of cooking pizza, smoking fish, etc. I'm obviously going to need a pretty good ventilation system.

 

[robvas]

I wouldn't bother unless you want your house to smell like a greasy spoon.

 

[hourang]

brick pizza oven? wow when can i come over for dinner? lol

 

[OnyxSSS]

I am making a wood fired brick pizza oven...PITA I am no where near done. it is a slab, stacked blocks, then another slab, then a refactory slab, then the top...

best thing for cooking pizza at home is a stone. I found one somewhere and I throw it in the oven and fire it up to 475 and make some good home made crsut pizzas.

 

[robvas]

I am making a wood fired brick pizza oven...PITA I am no where near done. it is a slab, stacked blocks, then another slab, then a refactory slab, then the top...

best thing for cooking pizza at home is a stone. I found one somewhere and I throw it in the oven and fire it up to 475 and make some good home made crsut pizzas.

Hotter! Turn it up as high as it can go.

Probably explains why my oven is broke

 

[OnyxSSS]

Hotter! Turn it up as high as it can go.

Probably explains why my oven is broke

yea I turn it up hotter...I usually max the oven out at 500 or so. You guys are gonna make me go home and make pizzas for dinner

 

[hourang]

what kinda stone do you normally use?

 

[yfz450]

I am making a wood fired brick pizza oven...PITA I am no where near done. it is a slab, stacked blocks, then another slab, then a refactory slab, then the top...

best thing for cooking pizza at home is a stone. I found one somewhere and I throw it in the oven and fire it up to 475 and make some good home made crsut pizzas.

This is what I used as guide for my brick pizza oven. My BBQ pit sits on the same 10' x 10' slab as my pizza oven.
http://www.ozarkdreams.com/ovenchamberbase.htm

Have you done fire bricks in place of a pizza stone in your standard kitchen oven? That actually works out pretty good, especially if you can find the thinner 1.25" bricks. Some guys have gone as far as lining the entire inside of their oven (side, back and top) with firebrick with good results.