Pizza In Conveyor Belt Oven?

[uOTPia Dweller]

Is there something intrinsically wrong if a kick ass pizza place uses a conveyor belt oven...or it is a "real" oven that's just dummy proof...or something else?

[jimmy]

I can't put my finger on exactly why, but yes, I am prejudice towards them.

[totm]

Pizza on a conveyor belt doesn't bother me.  Sushi on a conveyor belt is just .... WRONG.

[uOTPia Dweller]

Because I'm a "what's eating" guy and not much of a "what's cookin'" my main question is if it does make a difference in the cooking process. If it is merely a dummy proof oven, I have no problems with it.

I realize most pizza places are not exactly hiring CIA grads, so I'm all for improving the margin of error.

[Mike GadgetGeek Stock]

Because I'm a "what's eating" guy and not much of a "what's cookin'" my main question is if it does make a difference in the cooking process. If it is merely a dummy proof oven, I have no problems with it.

I realize most pizza places are not exactly hiring CIA grads, so I'm all for improving the margin of error.

There are Italian made pizza ovens that have a rotating floor, so that you can put the pizzas in at the front of the oven and it gets rotated around fairly slowly until it gets back to the front of the oven where (if it is done) you can remove it and serve it.  Domenica in New Orleans has one of those ovens.   I would guess it is to help speed up the process or to allow a fairly untrained person to put pizzas in and take them out without the years of experience that an old-school pizza maker would have.  I am guessing that the conveyor belt is there for the same reason. 

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[RootsInAlpharetta]

Is there something intrinsically wrong if a kick ass pizza place uses a conveyor belt oven...or it is a "real" oven that's just dummy proof...or something else?

I used to think the same thing about indoor barbecue smokers before guys like GCBBQ started making some kickass Q on them. Go figure.

I've been surprised with the pizzas at Uncle Maddio's and their conveyor belt pies. Had diminished expectations going in. Certainly not as good as the NY-style pizza we have here in the northern burbs, but still decent nonetheless.

[uOTPia Dweller]

Is there something intrinsically wrong if a kick ass pizza place uses a conveyor belt oven...or it is a "real" oven that's just dummy proof...or something else?

I used to think the same thing about indoor barbecue smokers before guys like GCBBQ started making some kickass Q on them. Go figure.

I've been surprised with the pizzas at Uncle Maddio's and their conveyor belt pies. Had diminished expectations going in. Certainly not as good as the NY-style pizza we have here in the northern burbs, but still decent nonetheless.

I know Mike is the Big Green Egg expert and I believe he has met the Happy Belly folks and can prolly clarify. But I kind of wondered how HB did a Green Egg I'd assume inside their truck.

I do know the food is great however they do it.

FWIW, the place I had in mind is near my parents. It has gotten its share of "Bet of Philly/South Jersey" awards and I agree. Even their prepared toppings are made with such precision. But the conveyor belt oven caught me off guard. However, I did see it was made by whatever that company use Something Cooks or whatever, that I believe is considered among the standards for making NY style.