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The Pizza Project
William J. Oehlkers
Picture of Oven
Topic Selection
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Based on personal fulfillment
A desire to develop the better pizza
Frustration with traditional oven baking
Fueled by eating at brick oven pizzerias
Immersion
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Several years of making pizza
Experimenting with various recipes
And techniques
Graduating from pan to brick oven
What I Know (K)
• How to make dough from scratch
• Advantages of brick oven
• Limitations of home oven
Questions (Q)
• How can I improve dough making for use
in a brick oven?
• How do I go about making a brick oven?
• How do I bake the pizza in a brick oven?
Sources of Information
• Traditional Text: The Bread Builders by
Wing and Scott
• Internet: Brick Oven Web Site
• Video: Earthoven Directions for Building a
Brick Oven
• Catalogs of Brick Oven
• Building Plans
Learning-Content
• Dough can be improved by using low temp
water, little yeast and a long rise (24 hrs.)
• Survey web for brick oven “kits.”
• Order kit from Earthoven in California and
follow blueprints.
• Check temp., turn after one minute and
watch carefully, remove after 4 minutes
Learning – Process
• Use brick oven web site to ask more
questions about building a brick oven
• Visits more brick oven owners in New
England before making decision as to kit
and baking procedures
Extracting and Recording
• Read for overview
• Read for detail (underline, highlight, take
notes
• Create story board
Values
• Traditional Baking and Low Technology
• Community
• Collaboration
Actions
• Invitations
• Pizza Party
Evaluation
• Continue:
• Use a wide variety of information sources:
text, people, internet
• Change:
• Consider which sources are likely to bring
fastest payoffs
• Ask more questions before beginning
• Explore alternatives, e.g. chimney designs