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Smart Thermometer Review

Smart Thermometer Review

See our complete review of the Williams-Sonoma Smart Thermometer, a Wi-Fi connectable thermometer that can also be used in a stand-alone mode. We gave it a Bronze Medal.

EcoQue Wood Burning Pizza Oven and Smoker Review

EcoQue Wood Burning Pizza Oven and Smoker

EcoQue’s Wood Fired Pizza Oven and Smoker design is based on Fontana Forni’s dual chamber pizza ovens that are made in Italy. The fire is built in the lower chamber and your food is baked and cooked in the upper chamber. EcoQue adds a second cook chamber which can be used for smoking and roasting.

Renato PR/310 Outdoor Oven Review

Renato PR310

Check out our review of this large pizza oven. Renato’s PR/310 Outdoor Oven is a heavy, traditional dome-shaped wood burning oven made of thick refractory material weighing a total of 1,500 pounds. PR/310 comes complete with a steel reinforced pedestal on casters and a set of tools.

Mugnaini Medio 110 Barrel Outdoor Oven Review

Magnaini Medio 100 Barrel

Mugnaini’s Medio 110 Barrel Outdoor Oven is an imported Italian Valoriani refractory oven wrapped in insulation and a stucco finish that may be colored and/or decorated. We reviewed the Medio 110 Barrel which is one of Mugnaini’s most popular freestanding residential ovens.

Alfa Pizza 5 Minuti Review

Alpha Pizza 5 Minuti

Check out our review of Alfa Pizza’s 5 Minuti, which is so named for the ability to heat up quickly, although Alfa recommends you give it 15 minutes before cooking. Metal pizza ovens are known to heat up quickly in contrast to the traditional refractory ovens made with clay or modern refractory material.

Fontana Forni Toscano Margherita Outdoor Oven Review

Fontana Forni Toscano Margherita

Fontana considers The Forno Toscano Margherita Wood Fired Pizza Oven to be their signature product. Instead of bricks or cast refractory material, Fontana uses heavily insulated steel construction which heats up faster than refractory ovens, but cools off faster as well. It has a food grade stone floor. Read our review to learn more.

Fontana Forni Small-Est Outdoor Oven Review

Fontana Forni Small EST

Unlike domed pizza ovens with an Read our review of this cabinet style pizza oven. Unlike domed pizza ovens with an open front, Small-Est has a door with a window over the cook chamber, which is equipped with an interior light. A second door with sliding damper covers the firebox.

Earthstone 90-PA Wood Fired Oven Review

Earthstone Ovens 90 PA

Read our review. Earthstone’s 90-PA Wood Fired Pre-Assembled Oven is their most popular free-standing residential model. With a 35″ cooking diameter interior and a 20″ wide by 9.5″ high oven entrance, it’s big enough to do three to four 8″ pizzas or two to three 12″ pizzas. It is also available as a gas model.

Forno Bravo Primavera 60 Outdoor Oven Review

Forno Bravo Primavera 60

Check out our review of this pizza oven package which includes the refractory wood oven and chimney, metal stand, clay chimney cap, CD ROM for instruction, and a steel door with built-in thermometer. Built-in dial thermometers are inaccurate. Forno Bravo recommends getting an Infrared Gun Thermometer for an accurate reading of the floor and dome temps.

Cabela’s 7 in 1 Cooker/Smoker Review

Cabela's 7 in 1 Cooker/Smoker

Cabelas’s 7 in 1 Cooker/Smoker is made by Masterbuilt and is identical to Masterbuilt’s 7 in 1 Smoker and Grill. It can use gas or charcoal as fuel. It converts into a brazier or a tripod for boiling water or deep frying. Versatility offsets the light weight construction earning our AmazingRibs.com Silver Medal.

Bradley 6 Rack Digital Electric Smoker Review

Bradley 6 Rack Electric Digital Smoker

The Bradley 6-Rack Digital Electric Smoker is a front loading cabinet smoker with a patented “smoke generator” on the side. Read our review. The smoke generator burns proprietary wood “bisquettes,” puck like disks of compressed sawdust, and blows the smoke into the cabinet which has an electric cooking element.

Landmann Smoky Mountain 26″ Electric Smoker Review

Landmann Smokey Mountain 26" Electric Smoker

This value priced smoker will get the job done, but read our review to learn why electrics are our least favorite smokers. Without combustion from a gas, charcoal or wood flame, you just don’t good smoke flavor. Manufacturers use minimal ventilation to hold in heat: great for keeping foods moist, not so good for browning meat or crisping skin.

Char-Griller Table Top Charcoal Grill Review

Char-Griller Tabletop Charcoal Grill

Although these grills are popular and inexpensive, read our review to learn why we suggest you consider Weber’s Jumbo Joe Portable Grill instead. Weber’s superior construction provides much better heat control. It has almost the same amount of cook surface, costs less, and will last forever.

Southern Country 2 in 1 Water Smoker and Charcoal Grill Review

Southern Country 2 in 1 Water Smoker and Charcoal Grill

The Southern Country 2 in 1 Water Smoker and Charcoal Grill, as the name indicates, can be used as a bullet style water smoker, or converted to a “lock and go” portable grill. We reviewed this clever design which allows you to place the lid on the base and turn clockwise until it locks. We give it our AmazingRibs.com Bronze Medal.