MJS301

I have a cheap pan from Amazon I use solely for low heat work, eggs etc on my CF commercial. It's 15cm (5.9") base & the CF has no problem detecting it.

Looks good...bet it was a nice snack

Hi ElsieD...I have found parchment papper is fine 'as long' as you trim the excess of papper from around the pizza base (so no papper is exposed) You should not have any problems. If you want to continue flouring the peel try Rice flour...also I found the metal peel supplied with the Pizzaiola is difficult for launching but good for retreiving at the end of cooking. I purchased a similar sized thicker wooden peel...much better result when floured or used with the parchment / baking papper trick.

Hi to all from Melbourne Australia...new member here & happy to share & explore tips & stories. I've had the Breville Pizzaiolo since its release, so I'm guessing around 7 years. I love this machine & I have learned a lot over those 7 odd years about making pizza dough & best settings I have found for this unit. So I thought I'd put up a couple of pics & take it from there. Dough making I really liked playing with in the aerly stages & have now settled on a yeast dough made by the 'poolish' method...it's simple, does take a couple of days so some planning is required, but results are rock solid every time. Pizzaiolo settings are pretty much settled on & I use the manual control not the presets. I find I have more control on crust v filling temps & cook times. So some pics... ...blue cheese, musroom & sweet caramelised onion. Agreed sounds a bit weird & it's not often made, but it's great taste & fun pizza (for a change) A little more traditional. Tomato paste base (I make my own but shop bought is OK) mozzarella cheese, pepperoni slices, sundried tomato, fire roasted pepper strips, some basil pesto (blobs of) katamala olives & some greek fetta cheese. This is nice & more traditional toppings. This is a nice breafast / brunch (or anytime pizza) ...I use a slightly sweet BBQ sauce on the base, small amount of grated mozzeralla, fresh bacon & about 3 eggs on this one. Make sure the peel is well floured (I use rice flour for the peel...much better than regular) as you dont want this to stick with 3 uncooked eggs making a mess every where. I haven't as yet !! Anyway happy to chat & share my knowledge about everything pizza...(or anything else to do with cooking.)

Good explanation from @Dex...also can assure US isn't the only 'and we complete the dumb circle' (which amused me) ...many countries including ours seem to thrive on 'dumb decissions & policies'...but we here to cook so won't delve into that one.

Thanks for the Wiki explanation...so points in the kitchen & laundry (for specific 240V appliance) are designated & plug configuration is slightly different. Bit like petrol v diesel nozzels are different diameter to avoid mishaps.

Well I'll keep my eyes open for the 'Home' arriving as a 240V unit. Breville are very limited to what information they will give to the public. I have a number of Breville appliances now (all good...have no problems with them apart from price...being a little high), good design usually & seem to go the distance. Personally, I think if the price difference was only US$300 & the benefit was basically automated programs I would have to think hard if I needed to purchase another unit going forward. The unit is smaller, they use a 'polymer' inside frame as opposed to metal, from the little I've seen the interface appears 'fussy' (as opposed to the clear pan / set temp screen of the commercial) but this is all summation because we don't know all the facts as yet. I'm lucky I have plenty of bench space to accomodate the larger foot print commercial unit, I don't find it particularly noisy (maybe when it is ramping up to deep fry it's noticable) & I have managed to save many programs for recall in the 'create' storage area. Anyway early days for me & nice to chat.

That's interesting. I wasn't aware 240V was available to all households...as the majority of your appliances would be 120V, how does it work ? Are the outlets switchable or are there dedicated 240V outlets scattered throughout the house. When thinking about it, a cooker (oven/hotplates) would need more than 120V, aircon would be the same. I upgraded my house electrical system to 3phase about 15 years back when I installed a central aircon unit (415V 26kW reverse cycle) but of course I still have the normal 240V outlets throughout the house apart from a dedicated 415V outlet I had put in the garage. (handy for welders & heavy equipment etc) I would be doubtfull Brevelle uses a switching transformer, my box the unit came in specifically indicates 240V for the Aust / NZ market, but a look inside could be worth the trouble. For what its worth here is the compliance info on the bottom of the unit...I left the letters preceeding the serial # in the pic incase it's of interest. Another interesting point is, Breville don't sell this unit directly to the public on their website here or NZ. They are available but through a hotel / hospitality equipment suppier. It was no problem I ordered on a Monday & received on the Wednesday. Delivery included the unit was A$2049 which at the moment equates to US$1322 so pricing is similar.

Hi from Melbourne Australia...I read with interest that another model, the 'Home' is released for sale in the US but in Australia (Brevilles home base) it will not be available here (at present anyway). I have the comercial version & am happy with everything it offers, it's quite an increadable machine actually. I stand to be corrected but I read the units available in the States & Canada are limited in there output to a max 1800w & even lower if a power adapter is needed. Is that correct ? If it is I assume that's because of the 110 - 120v input available. Here we operate on 240 - 250v & the output for these are rated at 100w - 2400w. Anyway look forward to the discussion on here regarding the CF. Another Breville appliance I have been extremley pleased with is the Pizzaiolo oven...happy to answer any questions on that one. In the meantime...Happy cooking.