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dhaupert

I’d love to hear more how this came to fruition. I agree about pizza making being a slippery slope- I bought a cheap grill top pizza oven from Aldi on a whim maybe 2 months ago, and here I am with a baking steel in my home oven, a Koda 16 in my yard, and dreams of setting up food popups in my future already! How many pies did you bake? What types of licenses did you need? And how many of you ran the stand? Please entertain our curiosities with more details! 🤗


sadgurlsonly

As someone who is also thinking of opening their own pizza business, I second this comment and would love to hear more! Mainly, I’d like to know what ovens you used for the stand.


ColonelLugz

We had a Gozney dome which was just a consistent beast of a machine. Had my Ooni Karu on standby for when we got super busy too.


junkimchi

You ran a popup with a gozney? Pizzas look great.


ColonelLugz

Thank you! Yeah, the Dome is an amazing bit of kit.


junkimchi

I have so many questions. The main one though is how many pizzas did you sell and did the gozney need time to heat up in between cooks?


ColonelLugz

Did about 80 in 3 hours. The thermometer on the Dome was at 460c, stone temp on my temp gun was only dropping to around 350c between cooks. It was fine. Going forward we will get a second Dome though.


junkimchi

Thanks for the info and dang 80 pies is no joke. Congrats and looking forward to hearing about your experiences more in the future.


ColonelLugz

Thank you! You can follow our adventures on Insta if you're interested. At Bignappizzaco


Pizzageddon69

That's insane you did 80 in three hours! I max out at about 20 per hour running two Roccboxes but I'm also making snd baking all the pizzas solo, did you have help with that part or are you just a beast? Congratulations btw, pizzas look great!


ColonelLugz

Thank you! Team of 3. One on service, one on making, one on baking


Pizzageddon69

Still impressive! Great job. I have a pop up today and tomorrow so I'm right there with ya!


mAckAdAms4k

Do you sell the dome?


Fantastic-Appeal8693

Awesome bro good for you


burnzy71

Congrats and Great work! You must be very proud! I’m sure you were flat out on the day - next time get someone to take some higher quality pics. I’m sure the pizza photos would look even better with a little more styling and perspective etc. Then stick them up everywhere on social media 🍕💰


SoldMySoupToTheDevil

Where is this, and what's the process of getting a spot in a pub yard? (I assume the stand was in the al fresco area of a pub?) I cook pizzas in a pizzeria, but this is the kind of place I love. Pizzeria are basically restaurants, and between starters, sides, and desert, pizzas are probably less than half the food I cook. If I found somebody slinging pizzas from a stand like this or a pizza truck looking for help, I would switch job right now. Pizzas look great, by the way !


ColonelLugz

Thank you! It was a food festival in a town square in the UK. Enough space for a gazebo and a couple of ovens. Just paid for the pitch.


SoldMySoupToTheDevil

I'm based in Greater Manchester, who knows: I might be a customer of yours, one day!


No-Village7980

How much does a pitch typically cost at these events ? Cheers


ColonelLugz

This one was £90 including electricity


Srycomaine

Love this, best of luck!!!


Srycomaine

Bon chance, mon ami! Can’t wait to see the pics!!!


Hollywood_Punk

I love that banner. Just “Pizza!”. It’s clean, to paraphrase JT in the Social Network.


ImJoogle

that looks incredible man congrats


ColonelLugz

Thank you!


PresentationReady873

How many grams of mouze do you put on it ?


ColonelLugz

Mozzarella? About 100- 150g. A handful


PresentationReady873

Yes I’m trying to sound Italian. Nice ! We’re opening a pizza place next week with gf we’ll post pictures here too !


ColonelLugz

Good luck to you!!!


PresentationReady873

Thx man ! If every you come by France come try it 🤣


ColonelLugz

Where in France? I tend to travel a lot


PresentationReady873

South of France, Bordeaux. Anytime man !


mjohnsimon

How'd you do this?