islander wrote: 
Costs $100 more in Oz. Typical.

However, I think they have some things backwards. The food geeks have figured out that steel is better than stone for the baking surface because it isn't about the thermal mass but about the thermal conductivity to get a good base. I'm suspicious you wouldn't get enough radiant heat from above due to the thin steel. It wouldn't meet the requirements for the “Verace Pizza Napoletana” designation although it does meet the temperature requirement. Yes Scott, you do need to get screaming hot. I know of people who have circumvented the safety lock on their electric ovens and cook pizza on the "clean" setting.

My plan is to put a tray of charcoal on bricks above the cooking surface of my gas grill so I can heat from above and below. Currently, I build the pizza on a dry cast iron fry pan on the stove and then shove it under the broiler to finish. I can cook a pizza in just under 4 minutes, which is too long according to the anal-retentive Italian standard 60-90 seconds but it still tastes pretty good when I make the effort. 

 islander wrote: 
ooooooooooooooh!

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Well something just shy of incinerate. I use a pizza stone on our charcoal weber grill with a spacer that I built to get some extra circulation in the dome. It works really good and I've measured 550+ in there. I do think within a range, hotter is better. 

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Depends on the pellets -

Mushroom, Pepperoni pellets = good.
Rabbit pellets = no thanks.  

 islander wrote: 
 932°F. 

Seems pretty random. Ah, 500C.

I'm not sure pizza requires an incinerator tho. I have tried making pizza on the grill before and it was a mess, but the last time, it came out great. So I'll probably try to refine that. 

 islander wrote: 
I've never tried pellet pizza - any good?

Tabletop pellet fed pizza oven!


https://uuni.net/products/uuni-2

NAGRA IV-S Tape Recorder

The actual machine used to master several Grateful Dead LP's and their movie....
 

Incredible Robotic Bird

There's a 19 year old Harris' Hawk who needs a good home.
I wish I could afford to take him as a companion for Tessy
since we lost India. I just don't have enough in the freezer for
Tessy let alone another bird. Dang. Oh well.

 NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote: 
looks like fun

wouldn't mind one of these if it didn't cost too much. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 

  With all the budget cuts lately they probably have more than can handle already and are spread too thin to be much of a threat.
 
 


 
 Remember these are government workers we're talking about.

 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Hmm, didn't know that:
"The goal of ATF's Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Programs in order to target, identify, and dismantle criminal enterprises with ties to violent crime, that traffic illicit liquor or contraband tobacco in interstate commerce; seize and deny their access to assets and funds; and prevent their encroachment into the legitimate alcohol or tobacco industry.
 As of January 24, 2003, The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), is responsible for all inquiries in regards to the manufacture, wholesale and importation of alcohol and tobacco, regulating the alcohol and tobacco industries and Special Occupational Tax (SOT) and the collection of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ammunition Excise Taxes imposed on manufactures and importers of these products."

 islander wrote: 
So who handles Firearms now? 

If it's just booze & t'backy they'll have more time on their hands to hunt us down like the dogs we are.  

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
they are now just the TBB (www.tbb.gov) - Tax and Trade Bureau. But they did leave the sins in the logo:

 islander wrote: 
Just the herbal extracts, then. You don't ferment those, you just simmer them and capture the steam. At least that's what you tell ATF. One letter removed from WTF. Probably why they're BATF now.

 islander wrote: 
that's my problem

i just go out and buy it

and by it i mean scotch, rum and vodka on occasion

 

 miamizsun wrote: 
Practically: yes. Legally: No. If you apply heat to a wash and separate the contents, you are distilling and even if you mix it all back together in the end, you have still distilled in the eyes of the law. And there is an entire division of the government that is intended to watch and regulate this behavior. 

You can run it through a filter though. That is legal and does work to remove impurities as well. But the time, energy and materials involved aren't really worth it unless it's a hobby. Just buy the good stuff.  

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
You can burn it in your car too. But even denatured spirits have many rules including keeping run reports and inventories of materials and reporting regularly. I think you have to have a registered still to make those reports. 

Here's a quick summary of the requirements: http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/regs/27cfrpart019.htm

I didn't trust that I would be able to stay on the right side of all of that stuff. In the end, apparently I am not a gangster.